Contesting the Dominant Discourse of Child Sexual Abuse: Sexual Subjects, Agency, and Ethics.

Responding to previous scholars’ call to explore the complexities of child sexual abuse (CSA), this article presents narratives of CSA and scrutinizes a binary construction underpinning this discourse of CSA, namely, the positioning of children as powerless and adults as powerful. The narratives bel...

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Publicado en:Sexuality & Culture Vol. 22; no. 3; pp. 740 - 758
Autor principal: Wijaya Mulya, Teguh
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Sep2018
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