Allison Niebauer
The Diocese's Darkest Chapter: Cultural Trauma and the Making of the Catholic Abuse Crisis in America
The Diocese's Darkest Chapter: Cultural Trauma and the Making of the Catholic Abuse Crisis in America
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The Diocese's Darkest Chapter explores the development of public discourse regarding a clergy sexual abuse scandal in a small Catholic Diocese in Central Pennsylvania, offering a striking account of how stakeholder rhetoric has influenced public perception and driven public actions. It enriches our local knowledge of the tragic cultural trauma triggered by the revelation of clergy perpetrated abuse and makes a critical theoretical contribution to our understanding of the role of rhetoric in publicizing private pain and galvanizing collectives to take it on as their own.
Format: Hardback
Length: 237 pages
Publication date: 09 December 2023
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
From its humble beginnings in 1988 to a storm of statewide and national controversy spanning more than three decades, this book chronicles the evolution of public discourse surrounding a clergy sexual abuse scandal in a small Catholic Diocese in Central Pennsylvania. By skillfully intertwining the evolving local and national narratives, it presents a compelling account of how stakeholder rhetoric has shaped public perception of the Catholic abuse crisis in America and motivated collective action. While the book adds to our local understanding of the profound cultural trauma caused by the revelation of clergy-perpetrated abuse in a small Catholic Diocese, it also makes a significant theoretical contribution to our comprehension of the role of rhetoric in publicizing private pain and mobilizing communities to address it as their own. Niebauer argues that the process of cultural trauma unfolds through rhetorical forms that offer individuals a set of both constraining and enabling choices. By highlighting the recurring rhetorical forms of narration, kategorie, apologia, and topoi, The Diocese's Darkest Chapter brings a fresh vocabulary and explanatory power to the study of cultural trauma and the Catholic abuse crisis in America.
Dimension: 210 x 148 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783031459979
Edition number: 1st ed. 2023
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