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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462959803321

Titolo

Dangerous families : queer writing on surviving / / Mattilda, a.k.a. Matt Bernstein Sycamore, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; London : , : Routledge, , 2011

©2004

ISBN

9780203057247

0203057244

9781283840156

1283840154

9781136572364

1136572368

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (236 pages)

Disciplina

306.7662

Soggetti

Adult child abuse victims

Gays - Family relationships

Adult children of dysfunctional families

Adult child abuse victims - Psychology

Sexual abuse victims - Psychology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

First published: Binghamton, NY : Haworth Press, Inc., 2004.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Dangerous Families: Queer Writing on Surviving; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Dangerous Families: An Introduction; Language; Gonna Get My Girl Body Back: This Is a Work in Progress; Johnny; Not with the Buckle End of the Belt; Dog Dreams; Body of Knowledge; Dyslexic Process; Population 1200; The Doctor's Daughter; Pelt; Monsters; Hate May Not Be a Family Value, but Dysfunction? That's a Different Story; Descent into Hell; Kid Pirate in Suburbia; Some Notes on Art and Architecture; This Blood (Beaten Out of Me); Contaminated; Drinking; Did I Mention That; My Sister's Shadow

Flooding Escape; Escape: A Myth; Weapons; S.o.s.; Walls; Confessions of



a Ghetto Princess; Those Who Can't Do, Write, or Daddy's Little Pornographer; Absence; Someday; Bad Girl; The Prime of My Life; About the Editor; Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

Queer survivors piece together the clues to discover their own lives! Dangerous Families: Queer Writing on Surviving goes beyond the recovery narrative to create a new queer literature of investigation, exploration, and transformation. Twenty-six stories illuminate the reality of growing up in fear, struggling to rebuild lives damaged by sexual, physical, and/or emotional abuse. The book explores how abuse turns queer survivors?male, female, and transgendered?into healers, heartbreakers, and homicidal maniacs, presenting brilliant stories that sear and soar. Dangerous Families: