Paige L. Sweet

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Sweet, Paige L. (1 October 2019). "The Sociology of Gaslighting". American Sociological Review. 84 (5): 851–875. doi:10.1177/0003122419874843. ISSN   0003-1224. S2CID   204375723.
  • Sweet, Paige L. (1 September 2015). "Chronic Victims, Risky Women: Domestic Violence Advocacy and the Medicalization of Abuse". Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. 41 (1): 81–106. doi:10.1086/681772. ISSN   0097-9740. S2CID   147137732.
  • Sweet, Paige L. (1 December 2014). "'Every bone of my body:' Domestic violence and the diagnostic body". Social Science & Medicine. 122: 44–52. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.10.014. ISSN   0277-9536. PMID   25441316.
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    Paige L. Sweet
    OccupationSociologist
    Academic background
    EducationUniversity of Illinois Chicago
    Thesis "Traumatizing Politics: Legibility & Survivorhood after Domestic Violence" (2018)