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Inscribed Bodies

Health Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse

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  • © 2001

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Authors:
  1. Anna Luise Kirkengen

    1. Former Research fellow at the Institute of General Practice and Community Medicine, The University of Oslo, Norway

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Table of contents (3 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Approaching Life-World Experiences

    • Anna Luise Kirkengen
    Pages 1-107

  3. Unfolding the Impact of Sexual Violations

    • Anna Luise Kirkengen
    Pages 109-317

  4. Exploring the Medical Making of Patients

    • Anna Luise Kirkengen
    Pages 319-396

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 397-462
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About this book

This book contributes to an overall understanding of the nature and the impact of sexual boundary violations. By exploring an extreme human experience, childhood sexual abuse, the present study allows an insight into a hidden, silenced, and destructive aspect of human relations. It is the first of its kind to make comprehensible both the general path from violation to sickness, and the particular logic of assault embodiment.
Due to its theoretical and methodological framework, the present study provides evidence that the embodiment of sexual violation experience is informed by situated logic and rationality. These, however, do not correspond to scientific logic and rationality. The universe of socio-culturally constituted meaning and that of scientifically constructed knowledge are shown to be incompatible. Subjectively informed violation embodiment is likely to be misinterpreted and consequently maltreated within the objectively grounded framework of current biomedical praxis.
Consequently, victims of silenced sexual violence are revictimized by medicine.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Former Research fellow at the Institute of General Practice and Community Medicine, The University of Oslo, Norway

    Anna Luise Kirkengen

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Inscribed Bodies

  • Book Subtitle: Health Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse

  • Authors: Anna Luise Kirkengen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1886-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-7019-2Published: 31 August 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-5718-1Published: 04 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-1886-8Published: 29 June 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 462

  • Topics: Ethics, Theory of Medicine/Bioethics, Anthropology, Phenomenology, Medical Law

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