Description
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The book is beautifully written and a powerful demonstration of gendered governance in the field of domestic violence. It is a must-read for anyone interested in domestic violence, victimization, feminist anti-violence work, the shelter movement, professionalization processes, the trauma discourse, and medicalization of social problems." * Social Forces *
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The Politics of Surviving is a brilliant contribution to sociology and the multidisciplinary field of feminist scholarship. It is a necessary text for scholars of violence, social movements, and gender and sexuality." * Affilia: Feminist Inquiry in Social Work *
"A valuable resource for scholars and students of gender-based violence. . . . Sweet…helps us understand, viscerally, the implications of this trauma revolution." * American Journal of Sociology *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
List of Acronyms
Introduction: Domestic Violence and the Politics of Trauma
Part I Survivorhood
1. Building a Therapeutic Movement
2. The Trauma Revolution
3. Administering Trauma
Part II Surviving
4. Becoming Legible
5. Gaslighting
6. Surviving Heterosexuality
Conclusion: Traumatic Citizenship
Methodological Appendix
Notes
References
Index
