Heroes Of Their Own Live - Brossura

Gordon, Linda

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1853810398 ISBN 13: 9781853810398

Casa editrice: Virago, 1989

Riassunto

This is a history of family violence from the point of view of its victims. Covering child abuse, child neglect, wife-beating and incest throughout the period 1880-1960, it is based on a new source for historians - the case records of social work agencies. From these, Linda Gordon has constructed a narrative of family violence itself - how it occurred, how family members reacted to it and how the agencies responded. She argues that, family violence is a problem inseparable from the family norms of a whole society or from the overall political conflicts in that society. It is a changing historical and cultural issue, not a biological or sociobiological universal. Her conclusions shatter many long-held assumptions about American social history, class and family structure and have implications for us all. She puts contemporary family violence into a new perspective, drawing out the ways in which wife-beating and child abuse must be seen as issues of power and domination, and holding up a mirror to present social policy.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Virago
• Data di pubblicazione: 1989
• ISBN 10: 1853810398
• ISBN 13: 9781853810398
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 400