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Tabou réputé universel, l'inceste constitue un thème littéraire protéiforme et ancien. Pour le spécialiste du romantisme Peter Thorslev, l'intérêt de la littérature pour ce motif est dû à sa puissance dramatique, car il met en scène le désir d’un individu contre la société. Cette conception, juste pour décrire la tradition romantique passée, ne rend pas compte de la complexité des fictions romanesques abordant l’inceste à partir du XXe siècle. La « multiplication des discours sur le sexe dans le champ d’exercice du pouvoir lui-même » que décrit Foucault et le développement des politiques racistes et eugénistes font que l’inceste s'intrique en effet à un autre concept polémique : la « race ». L'écriture romanesque de ce thème ne concerne plus un individu en butte contre la société mais des groupes cherchant à se définir, et le plus souvent racialement. La confrontation aux incestueux décrit une limite symbolique incertaine non pas tant entre civilisation et barbarie qu'entre bon citoyen et non-citoyen. Aux États-Unis et en Afrique du Sud où les fictions politiques de la nation érigée en famille idéale ont servi à justifier l'exclusion de la population non-blanche, ce que nous appelons les « contre-fictions d'inceste » interrogent de façon provocante la citoyenneté et le droit dans ces États. Le motif de l'inceste, fantasmé ou accompli, est étudié dans des romans datés de 1929 à 2005 et écrits entre autres par W. Faulkner, T. Morrison, R. Ellison, G. Jones, Sapphire aux États-Unis et par D. Lessing, B. Head, A. Dangor, M. van Niekerk, L. Rampolokeng en Afrique du Sud. Nous retraçons l'évolution du traitement esthétique et politique de l'inceste dans les romans de ces pays marqués par l'association entre communauté, nation et « race », et réfléchissons dans le même temps à la réalité omniprésente de ce crime dans nos sociétés. / Incest, a notorious universal taboo, is an ancient protean theme in literature. According to Peter Thorslev, writers are drawn to this theme because of its powerful dramatization of the conflict between an individual's desire and that of the society. This theory is applicable to the past tradition of romanticism, but it doesn't take into account the complexity of incest fictions written in Twentieth-century novels. The «proliferation of discourses on sex within the context of power itself » described by Foucault, along with the development of the politics of race and eugenics, explain how the incest theme is intertwined with another controversial concept : « race ». Novels no longer depict an individual fighting against society when they portray incest, but they think of human groups trying to define themselves, often by way of race. Confronting incestuous characters is not a means of drawing an obscure symbolic line between the civilized and the savages, but among citizens and non-citizens. In South Africa and the United States of America, where political fictions had defined the nation as a perfect family to justify the exclusion of non-white people from the community of citizens, « counter-fictions of incest » examine in provocative ways how citizenship and rights are articulated. I question the incest theme – forbidden desire or sexual violation– in novels from 1929 to 2005, by American writers such as W. Faulkner, T. Morrison, R. Ellison, G. Jones, Sapphire and by South African authors like D. Lessing, B. Head, A. Dangor, M. van Niekerk, and L. Rampolokeng. I outline the aesthetic and political evolution of the incest theme in novels written in those societies where community, nation and « race » were particularly interconnected, while simultaneously reflecting on the omnipresent reality of the crime of incest in all societies.

acase@tulane.edu / This research explores late colonial Guatemalan social relations through the lens of incestuous crime. The topic of incest in New Spain has received some scholarly attention (e.g. Margadant 2001, Jaffary 2007, Penyak 2016). For colonial Central America, incest cases have surfaced in studies on sexual violence (Rodríguez-Sáenz 2005 and Komisaruk 2008). Still, research on incest in both its consensual and non-consensual forms is missing for colonial Guatemala, and this investigation fills the gap. The study is based on data collected from criminal records produced in the secular colonial courts. Feminist and postmodern critiques both within and beyond anthropology have shaped its analysis. Chapter 2 begins with a description of the system of socioracial classification and the culture of honor in Spanish America. This is followed by a discussion of how patriarchal authority could lead to violence against female kin. Chapter 3 charts the evolving definition of incest in canon law and shows its impact on Spanish civil law. It concludes with an examination of the penalties associated with Guatemalan incest trials and their intersections with race, gender, and marital status. Chapter 4 presents the types of incest typically brought to trial and the discourse generated by incest in its various manifestations. It also considers how the nature of kin ties influenced the interpretation of evidence and expectations of how individuals would behave in the courtroom. Chapter 5 explores the malleable nature of colonial Guatemalan kinship and the complications it could cause during incest trials. It then looks at how colonial Guatemalans used kinship in strategic ways. Chapter 6 focuses on how incestuous crime was associated with Indianness and the polarizing effect it would have had on race relations. Overall, this study of incestuous crime highlights how the realm of kinship served to reinforce hierarchies of race and gender. It reveals the subjective and relative nature of kin ties and the strategic actors behind them. It shows a dialectical process in which actors with different conceptions of relatedness and incest confronted one another and created the potential for cultural and legal change. / 1 / Sarah Saffa

Thesis (M.A. (Social Work))--University of Pretoria, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references.

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Habilitation - Universität, Tübingen, 2007.

Inaug.-Diss. -- Kiel. / Vita. Bibliography: p. iv-vi.

This research explores the effect of incest on adolescents, according to the person-centred approach. The researcher was prompted by her observation of the escalating rate of incest in South Africa, and thus decided that an exploratory study on this theme was essential for social work practitioners. The literature study indicated that little research has been conducted on black children who are exposed to incest in South Africa. Therefore this research was conducted with the intention of exploring the effects of incest on adolescents according to the person-centred approach, in order to fill the gap in knowledge. A qualitative method was used to collect data. Ten unstructured interviews were conducted with two respondents, who were purposefully selected. All ten sessions are reflected in this thesis in order to indicate how the person-¬centred approach can be implemented. Data was analysed according to the nineteen propositions of the person-centred approach. The literature study revealed that the occurrence of incest is not limited to certain geographic regions and social classes, but that it covers a broad spectrum of occupations, income and racial groups. It also showed that incest perpetrators are mostly males with deviant sexual patterns, low self-esteem and poor social skills, that mothers in families where incest is likely to occur possess personality traits that somehow warrant an incestuous assault on their daughters by the father, that children who are at risk of being incest victims are children with low self-esteem and lack self-confidence and also that incest is actually a symptom of severe family dysfunction. This study showed that, irrespective of the time frame from the occurrence of the abuse, incest affects the emotional functioning of the victims and until dealt with, the emotions do not just disappear with time. Incest was found to affect the individuals' self-image and their interpersonal relationships. Incest also causes depression in the victims. The person-centred approach in dealing with incest victims is recommended in this study. This approach gives clients full control over the therapeutic process, which makes them feel respected and empowered. It focuses on the individual rather than the problem and enables clients to discover themselves through realizing and dealing with symbolised and unsymbolised experiences in their lives. The researcher also recommends that further research be conducted to see how the person-centred approach could best assist in giving therapy to families or groups where incest was experienced. / Dissertation (MA (Social Work))--University of Pretoria, 2007. / Social Work and Criminology / unrestricted

It has been suggested that how one cognitively appraises his or her victimization experience will influence one's psychological adjustment. In this study, content analysis was conducted on the explanations given for their molestation by 84 female adolescent incest victims. The relationship of these explanations with measures of self-esteem and depression was examined. No relationship was found between self-esteem or depression scores and whether or not subjects found some meaning or explanation for their being molested. However, the type of attribution was related to self-esteem and depression, with subjects significantly more depressed and having lower self-esteem if they attributed the molestation as due to something about self (internal attribution) versus some reason external to self (external attribution). Subjects making internal attributions were more likely to have experienced intercourse.

M.A. / Once intra-familial sexual abuse is publicly disclosed, outside agencies are likely to intervene. Professional intervention seldom involves one person or agency alone, but includes various agencies. These agencies may conceptualize the problem of incest in different ways. The epistemological stance that is adopted by a specific agent will guide the nature of the subsequent intervention. When several agents with divergent epistemologies are working together on the same case, they may inadvertently combine in such a way as to frustrate each other's activities, and in so doing, increase the depth of the crisis. Although different agencies conceptualize the phenomena of incest in different ways, they are primarily based on a linear epistemology. In this thesis, it is suggested that an epistemological shift is required in the multi-disciplinary management of incest. That is a shift from a Newtonian world view which emphasizes linear causality and the existence of a single objective truth or reality, to a scientific- philosophical approach called constructivism. A constructivist approach advocates the existence of multiple realities. It embraces both form and process and emphasizes the recursive connection between systems. Furthermore, the therapeutic reality is a co-creation between members of the familyprofessional system. A detailed case example is presented to illustrate the multiple, discrepant ideas held by various professionals involved with a family where father-daughter incest has occurred. The different types of interventions which emanated from these discrepant ideas are also discussed. Furthermore, the study describes the mutual influence and interlocking effects between all members of the professional-family system. It is suggested that the multl-disciplinary management of incest requires a constructivist approach. This broader view takes into account the realities of all members of the professional-family system, and addresses the interfaces between views in the wider ecology in which the abuse is identified and treated ...