TY - JOUR
T1 - Stories about child sexual abuse
T2 - Textual analysis of instruction manuals in Israel
AU - Ajzenstadt, Mimi
AU - Cavaglion, Gabriel
PY - 2005/8
Y1 - 2005/8
N2 - This paper overviews the socio-historical background underlying the construction of child abuse as a public issue in Israel, and analyzes one cultural product of this process-textbooks and manuals on child sexual abuse prevention. Analysis of the Israeli narratives reveals that they mimic American counterparts and address an ideal Jewish middle-class, ignoring other societal sectors. The narratives individualize and medicalize both victim and abuser. Focusing on stereotyped techniques for the individual's survival and recovery, they avoid discussion of broader social and political power relations.
AB - This paper overviews the socio-historical background underlying the construction of child abuse as a public issue in Israel, and analyzes one cultural product of this process-textbooks and manuals on child sexual abuse prevention. Analysis of the Israeli narratives reveals that they mimic American counterparts and address an ideal Jewish middle-class, ignoring other societal sectors. The narratives individualize and medicalize both victim and abuser. Focusing on stereotyped techniques for the individual's survival and recovery, they avoid discussion of broader social and political power relations.
KW - Child sexual abuse
KW - Medicalization of deviance
KW - Narrative analysis
KW - Preventative educational literature
KW - Social construction
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=23944485128&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s11133-005-6370-0
DO - 10.1007/s11133-005-6370-0
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AN - SCOPUS:23944485128
SN - 0162-0436
VL - 28
SP - 255
EP - 274
JO - Qualitative Sociology
JF - Qualitative Sociology
IS - 3
ER -
