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Book SynopsisCovers the experience of a range of forms of sexual violence over women's lifetimes. Drawing on feminist theory, developing a critique of male research and quoting extensively from the women interviewed, the book develops feminist thought in several key areas.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements vi
Guide to transcription of interviews vii
Introduction ix
1 ‘Sharing a particular pain’: researching sexual violence 1
2 A central issue: sexual violence and feminist theory 20
3 The knowledge explosion: an overview of previous research 43
4 ‘It’s happened to so many women’: sexual violence as a continuum (1) 74
5 ‘It’s everywhere’: sexual violence as a continuum (2) 97
6 ‘I’m not sure what to call it but . . .’: defining sexual violence 138
7 Victims or survivors?: resistance, coping and survival 159
8 ‘It leaves a mark’: coping with the consequences of sexual violence 186
9 ‘I’ll challenge it now wherever I see it’: from individual survival to collective resistance 217
Notes 239
Select bibliography 266
Index 268
