1. Situating Anti-Victim Discourse

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. 1. Situating Anti-Victim Discourse 1
5. 2. Shaming the Victim: The Anti-Victimist Campaign 20
6. 3. Victims on a Pedestal: Anti-“Victim Feminism” and Women’s Oppression 47
7. 4. Blue Lester: Two Faces of Victimhood 79
8. 5. Therapeutics of Blame: Blaming Victims and Victims as Blamers 109
9. 6. 9-1-1: The Nation as Victim 144
10. Epilogue 169
11. Notes 181
12. Index 233