Lynn Sacco

Unspeakable: Father-Daughter Incest in American History

Author: Lynn Sacco
This history of father-daughter incest in the United States explains how cultural mores and political needs distorted attitudes toward and medical knowledge of patriarchal sexual abuse at a time when the nation was committed to the familial power of white fathers and the idealized white family.

Lynn Sacco

Recognizing Lynn Sacco for the publication of her latest book, Unspeakable: Father-Daughter Incest in American History.