Abstract
At age 20 a thoughtful woman from a family with high social status began a lengthy period of enslavement to her father, a theologian. Claiming only that he loved his daughter, the father took possession of his daughter’s body, her sexuality, her emotional well-being, her social and family relationships, and nearly her life itself. Now an acclaimed young novelist, Kathryn Harrison quietly writes about the years of her own father—daughter incest experiences in The Kiss. Her memoirs tell about an ordinary case of family abuse. There were no repressed memories recovered, no failed social service agency, no murdered victim, and no falsely accused offender. There are, however, permanent and emotional scars resulting from an especially insidious form of family abuse and perplexing questions that can never be answered. The Kiss compels its readers to acknowledge a well-known social fact: A family member characterized by any socioeconomic group, any age, either gender, or any race or ethnicity can experience one or several forms of family abuse and violence. A highly educated mother can neglect her newborn infant, a university professor can kill his partner, an older sister can batter a young brother, a middle-aged husband can rape his wife, and a mother can exploit financially and physically abuse her own elderly mother.
“Do you know,” my father said ... “there’s only one person who could have given you the strength to leave me” ... I looked at him. “You?” I said, at last. “Yes,” he said. (Harrison, 1997, p. 192)
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