Unspeakable : father-daughter incest in American history / / Lynn Sacco
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| Autore: |
Sacco Lynn
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| Titolo: |
Unspeakable : father-daughter incest in American history / / Lynn Sacco
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| Pubblicazione: | Baltimore. Md., : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (364 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 364.15/36 |
| Soggetto topico: | Incest - United States - History |
| Child sexual abuse - United States | |
| Incest victims - United States | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Incest in the nineteenth century -- Medicine and the law weigh in -- Gonorrhea and incest break out -- Protecting fathers, blaming mothers -- Incest disappears from view -- Incest in the twentieth century. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Against several different historical backdrops--public accusations of incest against "genteel" men in the nineteenth century, the epidemic of gonorrhea among young girls in the early twentieth century, and adult women's incest narratives in the mid-to late twentieth century--Sacco demonstrates that attitude shifts about patriarchal sexual abuse were influenced by a variety of individuals and groups seeking to protect their own interests. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Unspeakable |
| ISBN: | 0-8018-9620-7 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910822290303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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