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Book Review: Shame and social work: Theory, reflexivity and practice

Book Review: Shame and social work: Theory, reflexivity and practice Book Reviews 733 Frost, L., Magyar-Hass, V., Schoneville, H., & Sicora, A. (Eds.). (2020). Shame and social work: Theory, reflexivity and practice. Policy Press. 200 pp. $115.00 (hardcover), ISBN 978-1447344062. Reviewed by: Cassandra L. Bransford , Binghamton University, NY, USA DOI: 10.1177/0886109920984830 This edited collection of essays from European scholars and educators about shame and social work is a long awaited and important contribution to the field and strikes at the heart of what it means to be a social worker. The authors have provided a comprehensive, timely, and critical overview of a range of theoretical and philosophical perspectives on the ubiquitous and devastating effects wrought by the use of shame across the spectrum of social work practice, impacting workers at all levels and the individuals served. Shame is variously conceptualized as an attack on subjectivity, a means of regulating and controlling the emotions of others, a way to ensure organizational compliance, and a mechanism for deflecting and projecting blame away from its sources. Often covert but always present, the authors describe the systematic production of shame as a method of control, coercion, and domination, threatening to subjugate the social worker’s creative exercise of autonomous, professional decision-making and action, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work SAGE

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SAGE
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2021
ISSN
0886-1099
eISSN
1552-3020
DOI
10.1177/0886109920984830
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Book Reviews 733 Frost, L., Magyar-Hass, V., Schoneville, H., & Sicora, A. (Eds.). (2020). Shame and social work: Theory, reflexivity and practice. Policy Press. 200 pp. $115.00 (hardcover), ISBN 978-1447344062. Reviewed by: Cassandra L. Bransford , Binghamton University, NY, USA DOI: 10.1177/0886109920984830 This edited collection of essays from European scholars and educators about shame and social work is a long awaited and important contribution to the field and strikes at the heart of what it means to be a social worker. The authors have provided a comprehensive, timely, and critical overview of a range of theoretical and philosophical perspectives on the ubiquitous and devastating effects wrought by the use of shame across the spectrum of social work practice, impacting workers at all levels and the individuals served. Shame is variously conceptualized as an attack on subjectivity, a means of regulating and controlling the emotions of others, a way to ensure organizational compliance, and a mechanism for deflecting and projecting blame away from its sources. Often covert but always present, the authors describe the systematic production of shame as a method of control, coercion, and domination, threatening to subjugate the social worker’s creative exercise of autonomous, professional decision-making and action,

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Affilia: Journal of Women and Social WorkSAGE

Published: Nov 1, 2022

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