Overview
- Explores how the notions of rape, sex and violence are negotiated through narratives across a variety of settings
- Draws on empirical data and theory from the fields of sexual violence, narrative studies and feminist theory
- Speaks to academics, legal practitioners and rape counselling professionals
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Crime, Media and Culture (PSCMC)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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About this book
This book critically examines the last few decades of discussion around sex and violence in the media, on social media, in the courtroom and through legislation. The discursive struggles over what constitutes "sexual violence", "victims" and "offenders" is normally determined through narratives: a selective ordering of events and participants. Centrally, the book investigates the social processes involved in the telling of stories of rape and its political implications. From a multidisciplinary feminist perspective, this volume explores what narratives about sexual violence are deemed legitimate at this historical juncture. This volume brings together feminist scholars working in a wide variety of disciplines including law, legal studies, history, gender studies, ethnology, media, criminology and social work from across the globe. Through situated empirical work, these scholars seek to understand currents movements between the criminal justice system and the cultural imagination.
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About the editors
Ulrika Andersson is Associate Professor in Criminal Law, Lund University, Sweden.
Monika Edgren is Professor of Gender Studies at Malmö University, Sweden.
Lena Karlsson is Associate Professor at the Department of Gender Studies, Lund University, Sweden.
Gabriella Nilsson is Associate Professor of Ethnology at Lund University, Sweden.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Rape Narratives in Motion
Editors: Ulrika Andersson, Monika Edgren, Lena Karlsson, Gabriella Nilsson
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Crime, Media and Culture
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13852-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-13851-6Published: 02 April 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-13852-3Published: 23 March 2019
Series ISSN: 2946-3912
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3920
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 265
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Crime and the Media, Ethnicity, Class, Gender and Crime, Victimology, Gender, Sexuality and Law, Violence and Crime