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Framing the victim : domestic violence, media and social problems Berns, Nancy

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Hawthorne, N.Y Aldine de Gruyter 2004Description: 194 pISBN:
  • 0202307417
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 361.1 FRA
Summary: This book not only examines domestic violence but also the larger picture of how politics and processes shape our responses to social problems. Author critiques the stories that emerge when social problems are formed by guidelines that promote entertainment, victim empowerment, drama, inspiration and a political agenda. Bern also provides suggections for constructing a social problem that focuses less on the victim, and more on the abuser as well as the cultural and social context within which violence is learned and tolerated.
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Book Book Vine library TRO 361.1 FRA Available A00639281B

This book not only examines domestic violence but also the larger picture of how politics and processes shape our responses to social problems. Author critiques the stories that emerge when social problems are formed by guidelines that promote entertainment, victim empowerment, drama, inspiration and a political agenda. Bern also provides suggections for constructing a social problem that focuses less on the victim, and more on the abuser as well as the cultural and social context within which violence is learned and tolerated.