Rape and Representation by Lynn Higgins
This study explores how cultural forms in Western society construct and reinforce social attitudes that encourage sexual violence. The contributors argue that literature reflects a patriarchal representation which makes the act of rape seem natural and inevitable.-
Gender and the Politics of History
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Between Men
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Writing on the Body
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The Generation of Postmemory
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The Apparitional Lesbian
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Engaging with Irigaray
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Unlikely Collaboration
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Thinking Through the Body
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Rites of Return
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Napoleon's Closet
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Cool Men and the Second Sex
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In Love and Struggle
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Palatable Poison
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The Global and the Intimate
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Extreme Domesticity
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Gilbert and Sullivan
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Simone de Beauvoir, Philosophy, and Feminism
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Mad for Foucault
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How Come Boys Get to Keep Their Noses?
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Love, Money, Duty
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Tainted Witness
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Mothers in Law
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Honey-Mad Women
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Feminism and Sexuality
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But Enough About Me
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The The #MeToo Effect
Lynn A. Higgins is Associate Professor of French and Comparative Literature at Dartmouth College. She is author of Parables of Theory: Jean Ricardou's Metafiction and a forthcoming book on the French New Novelists and New Wave Filmmakers in their historical context. Brenda R. Silver is Professor of English at Dartmouth College. She is the author of Virginia Woolf's Reading Notebooks and editor of "Anon" and "The Reader": Virginia Woolf's Last Essays.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780231072670 |
| ISBN 10 | 0231072678 |
| Title | Rape and Representation |
| Author | Lynn Higgins |
| Series | Gender And Culture Series |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Columbia University Press |
| Year published | 1993-07-15 |
| Number of pages | 326 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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