Overview
Second-wave feminism's mission was to end the blanket silence shrouding rape and bring it to public attention. Now feminist critics must confront a different issue. In Public Rape Tanya Horeck considers the public investment in images of rape and the figure of the raped woman. Introducing the idea of ""public rape"", Horeck looks at how images of rape serve as cultural fantasies of sexual, racial and class difference. Looking at rape in real life as well as in literature and films such as The Accused and Boys Don't Cry , Horek reveals how representations of rape raise vital questions about the relationship between reality and fantasy, and between violence and spectacle
Full Product Details
Author: Tanya Horeck
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.370kg
ISBN: 9780415288569
ISBN 10: 0415288568
Pages: 198
Publication Date: 27 November 2003
Audience:
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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General
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Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
This is a thoroughly absorbing and thought-provoking study of representations of rape across a range of media forms, from Rousseau to reality TV. The questions it raises about the significance of public fantasies of rape in relation to spectatorship and the civic bond make it essential reading for anyone engaged in cultural and media studies. <br>-Carrie Tarr, Kingston University, UK <br> Public Rape is a fascinating study of textual and cinematic representations of rape. On the deepest level, Horeck successfully argues rape discourse to reveal crucial aspects of how we are encouraged to relate to representation, exploring the complex relationships among images of sexual violation and anxieties about spectatorship and rapidly changing visual technologies. This book will change the way in which we think about rape as well as opening new ways of thinking about how representations affect us. <br>-Amelia Jones, University of Manchester, UK <br>
""This is a thoroughly absorbing and thought-provoking study of representations of rape across a range of media forms, from Rousseau to reality TV. The questions it raises about the significance of public fantasies of rape in relation to spectatorship and the civic bond make it essential reading for anyone engaged in cultural and media studies."" -Carrie Tarr, Kingston University, UK """"Public Rape is a fascinating study of textual and cinematic representations of rape. On the deepest level, Horeck successfully argues rape discourse to reveal crucial aspects of how we are encouraged to relate to representation, exploring the complex relationships among images of sexual violation and anxieties about spectatorship and rapidly changing visual technologies. This book will change the way in which we think about rape as well as opening new ways of thinking about how representations affect us."" -Amelia Jones, University of Manchester, UK
Author Information
Tanya Horeck is Lecturer in Communication Studies in the School of Arts and Letters at Anglia Polytechnic University.
