Satan's Silence: Ritual Abuse And The Making Of A Modern American Witch HuntCommunities throughout the United States were convulsed in the 1980s by accusations, often without a shred of serious evidence that respectable men and women in their midst—many of them trusted preschool teachers—secretly gathered in far-reaching conspiracies to rape and terrorize children. In this powerful book, Debbie Nathan and Mike Snedeker examine the forces fueling this blind panic. |
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User Review - KirkusA pull-no-punches exposÇ of the forces behind a nationwide wave of false charges of ritual child abuse. In the 1970s and 1980s popular culture was rife with rumors that America's children were ... Read full review
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A wonderfully thorough review of the cultural, political and legal context leading up to the McMartin preschool trial in California and the satanic ritual abuse moral panic overall. Nathan & Snedeker's book is a compact, easy read doubtless from Nathan's experience as a journalist. Hundreds of references fill the notes pages, citing scholarly books and articles and primary materials from ritual abuse conferences that show the first-hand digging that went into the research for the book.
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ONE The Best of Intentions | 11 |
TWO Demonology | 29 |
Mary Ann Barbour | 53 |
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References to this book
Hystories: Hysterical Epidemics and Modern Media, Volume 2 Elaine Showalter No preview available - 1997 |
Hystories: Hysterical Epidemics and Modern Media, Volume 2 Elaine Showalter No preview available - 1997 |
Bibliographic information
| Title | Satan's Silence: Ritual Abuse And The Making Of A Modern American Witch Hunt |
| Authors | Debbie Nathan, Michael R. Snedeker |
| Publisher | Basic Books, 1995 |
| ISBN | 0465071805, 9780465071807 |
| Length | 317 pages |
| Subjects | › Psychology / General Social Science / Criminology |
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