Surviving Sexual Violence

by Liz Kelly

Based on taped interviews. Presents detailed findings about the prevalence of sexual violence in the lives of 60 women. Paper edition, $14.95, not seen. Acidic paper. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Genres: Nonfiction, Feminism

273 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

Liz Kelly is Professor of Sexualised Violence at London Metropolitan University, where she is also Director of the Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit (CWASU). She has been active in the field of violence against women and children for almost 30 years.

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Reviews

[Cynthia Bemis Abrams · Rating 5 out of 5]

Written almost 40 years ago, this work provides historic perspective of how sexual violence emerged as a field of study. It's as direct and research-supported as a work can be, given how little there was to work with in the mid-1980s. An invaluable time-capsule of research, language and focus on the survivor. Now if only someone had spent as much time researching the perpetrators' motivations.