Father-Daughter Incest

Buch

Judith Herman, a psychatrist, convincingly refuses the emergent view that incest is fundamentally harmless and its prohibition a form of puritanism. Through an intensive clinical study of forty incest victims and numerous interviews with professionals in mental health, child protection, and law enforcement, the author develops a composite picture of the incestuous family. The locus of the problem is the patriarchal father, dominating the home with absolute authority and free to view his children as his personal possessions. This pioneering book combines a clinical approach with a feminist analysis of the issue.

Object Details

• ISBN: 0-674-29506-4
• Inventory number: B-868
• Extent: 281

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Herman, Judith Lewis. 1981. Father-Daughter Incest. Cambridge [u.a.] : Harvard University Press. S. 281. 0-674-29506-4

Classification and Topics

• Subject (what): Mädchen
• Subject (when): 1981

Contributors, Places and Time

• Contributor: Herman, Judith Lewis ; Hirschmann, Lisa ; Harvard University Press
• Published: Harvard University Press

Further information

• Delivered via: Digitales Deutsches Frauenarchiv
• Rights: belladonna Kultur, Bildung und Wirtschaft für Frauen e.V. / Bremer Frauenarchiv und Dokumentationszentrum belladonna
• Last update: 03.02.2023, 9:26 AM CET