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Rape : Sex, Violence, History by Joanna Bourke (2007, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherCounterpoint Press

ISBN-101593761147

ISBN-139781593761141

eBay Product ID (ePID)59359902

Product Key Features

Book TitleRape : Sex, Violence, History

Number of Pages528 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2007

TopicSocial History, Violence in Society

IllustratorYes

GenreSocial Science, History

AuthorJoanna Bourke

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.8 in

Item Weight31.1 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2007-011763

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal362.883

SynopsisJoanna Bourke takes the issue of rape out from the academic ghettos and distills the truth so often exploited to sell newspapers. Neither prurient nor overly sympathetic, she investigates rape from a historical standpoint examining the history of sexual aggression, the idea of rape as a social construct, and the often-ignored idea of embodiment, and analyzes the physical response of rapists as well as the often-cited rape is about power theories. Indebted to a growing body of sophisticated feminist analyses about rape victims, Bourke here shifts the emphasis from the victims to the perpetrators in order to place rapists in their historical context. An invaluable study, this book delivers the hard truth that if we are to imagine a world free of unwanted sexual violence, then we must consider the issue of rape from every angle., Joanna Bourke takes the issue of rape out from the academic ghettos and distills the truth so often exploited to sell newspapers. Neither prurient nor overly sympathetic, she investigates rape from a historical standpoint examining the history of sexual aggression, the idea of rape as a social construct, and the often-ignored idea of embodiment, and analyzes the physical response of rapists as well as the often-cited "rape is about power" theories. Indebted to a growing body of sophisticated feminist analyses about rape victims, Bourke here shifts the emphasis from the victims to the perpetrators in order to place rapists in their historical context. An invaluable study, this book delivers the hard truth that if we are to imagine a world free of unwanted sexual violence, then we must consider the issue of rape from every angle.

LC Classification NumberHV6558.B68 2007