Jane Kilby provides an account of the rise and formation of contemporary mass trauma culture. She offers new, theoretically informed understandings about the relationship between the public sphere, mass reception and cultural change. Case studies are provided throughout.
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During the late 1970s and 1980s speaking out about the traumatic reality of incest and rape was a rare and politically groundbreaking act. Today it is a ubiquitous feature of popular culture and its political value uncertain. In Violence and the Cultural Politics of Trauma, Jane…
This book will help educate and empower survivors of sexual violation to work through the healing process. Sexual violation affects survivors but does not have to dictate their future, and this book shows readers how various paths to healing can help them not only overcome the t…
Explains the range of different sexual violations, from harassment in the workplace and marital rape to sexual violence in the military and childhood sexual abuse; and offers tips from experts in the field on various modes of recovery including mind-body practices, psychoeducati…
This book contextualizes the complexity of sexual violence within its broader context - from war to the resolution of interpersonal disputes - and covers a wide span including sexual harassment, bullying, rape and murder as well as domestic violence. Written by leading academics…
This book contextualizes the complexity of sexual violence within its broader context -- from war to the resolution of interpersonal disputes -- and covers a wide span including sexual harassment, bullying, rape and murder as well as domestic violence. Written by leading academi…
This volume is the first major exploration of the issues relevant to young people who are affected by sexual exploitation and trafficking from a variety of critical perspectives. Issues include accommodation, gangs, migrant and refugee communities, perpetrators, international po…
Academic and cultural understandings of paedophilia tend to diverge into a 'sexual liberation' discourse and a 'child protection' discourse, each missing important insights from the other. This book goes beyond radical and conservative debates to set out a new understanding, arg…
