Overview
This is an exploration of how sexual harassment came to be defined, what institutional forces and concepts shape our understanding of it and the limitations of the language used when discussing it. The book brings together essays written by feminist scholars and practitioners in the fields of law, literature, the social sciences, history and cultural studies. The contributors' central argument is for an awareness of the social and discursive contexts required to challenge sexual harrassment effectively. They offer insight into current limitations and make practical suggestions for ways forward.
Full Product Details
Author: Clare Brant ,
Yun Lee Too
Publisher: Pluto Press
Imprint: Pluto Press
Weight: 0.480kg
ISBN: 9780745308388
ISBN 10: 0745308384
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 20 September 1994
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
'This excellent volume of articles supplies a great deal of thought-provoking detail. The contriutors are rarely simply angry: each angle taken is represented with seriousness and nuance. However familiar the subject may seem - or precisely because we all think we know what term 'sexual harassment' means - these discussions open up a series of vital questions, both theoretical and practical, which will enable the debate to continue in ever clearer air. ...a fascinating contrast betwen 'rival accounts which consist of mutually imcompatible explanations'. A this brief tour will have shown, Rethinking Sexual Harassment is a valuable contricution to a debate that continues all around us, whether in the recent release of the latest piece of Michael Douglas male paranoia, Disclosure (the original version of which, by Michael Crichton, is cited by a number of the contributors) or in the rarely told 'other side' of all those stories of lechery in high places that our tabloids parade before us daily. Ten pages rarely pass without a sharp reminder of the range of experience covered by the term 'sexual harassment' and the iceberg of suffering that lurks below any long-debated accusation.' * Parallax * 'A serious and scholarly written series of well referenced papers by British feminists which deserves a wide audience' * Journal of the Institute of Health Education * 'An innovative and challenging title from feminists in Britain [...] makes a valuable contribution to understanding sexual harassment' * Feminist Bookstore News *
Author Information
Claire Brant is a Senior Lecturer in English at King's College London, UK. She has previously held posts at Oxford and Cambridge Universities. She has co-edited three essay collections and published numerous articles on eighteenth-century literature and culture.
