Twenty-five soundings about child sexual abuse and the arts: considering the opera <i>Festen</i>
revelations of CSA are made by Christian and Helena at their father Helge Klingefeldt's sixtieth birthday party. The drama revolves around the reactions and interactions of party guests, hotel staff and various members of the family including the perpetrator Helge and his wife Else (mother to his children).
Authors
- Patricia Debney
- Clare Best
Institutions
- The Open University (GB)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Medical Humanities
- Published
- 2026-04-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/medhum-2025-013465
- Primary Topic
- Military, Security, and Education Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00