Mis-taken Love: Conversations on the Problem of Incest in an Irish Context

An emotive consciousness of the issues surrounding incest frequently calls forth revulsion, outrage, fear, concern, and competition. Such responses often legitimate a range of actions that include the protection of children, the blaming of mothers, and the punishment of fathers. This article explore...

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Published in:Family process 1988-06, Vol.27 (2), p.181-199
Main Authors: MCCARTHY, IMELDA COLGAN, BYRNE, NOLLAIG O'REILLY
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child Abuse, Sexual - prevention & control
Child Abuse, Sexual - psychology
Culture
Family
Family Therapy
Female
Humans
Incest
Ireland
Male
Medical sciences
Parent-Child Relations
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychotherapies. Psychological and clinical counseling
Scapegoating
Social Behavior
Social Control, Formal
Social Environment
Treatments
Women
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Summary:An emotive consciousness of the issues surrounding incest frequently calls forth revulsion, outrage, fear, concern, and competition. Such responses often legitimate a range of actions that include the protection of children, the blaming of mothers, and the punishment of fathers. This article explores a “systemic” disposition1 in conversations on father‐daughter incest. The notion of a “Fifth Province” (from Celtic mythology) is invoked wherein all emotions, judgments, and descriptions can find acceptance, and whereby a language of control and competition, implicitly negating individuals and their relationships, is suspended as a rationale for action.
ISSN:0014-7370
1545-5300
DOI:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1988.00181.x