Overview

In the award-winning Just Sex? The Cultural Scaffolding of Rape, Nicola Gavey provides an extensive commentary on the existing literature on rape, analysing recent research to examine the psychological and cultural conditions of possibility for contemporary sexual violence. Just Sex? argues that feminist theory on sexual victimization has gone both too far and not far enough. It presents the reader with a challenging and original perspective on the issues of rape, sex and the body, incorporating new material on sexism, misogyny and digital culture, as well as debates over gendered analyses of sexual violence. The second edition has been updated and expanded to be extremely timely and relevant, with the most recent high-profile rape cases – the Stanford rape case and the Belfast rape case – being tried in the media and online. The rise of the Hollywood Harvey Weinstein scandal and the #MeToo movement makes this book incredibly useful and necessary to those who are working within the area of sexual violence. This will appeal to academic readers studying psychology, sociology, and criminology, as well as those looking into cultural influences on society. It will also be very useful to those working in the professional sector on prevention and with people who have been subjected to sexual violence.

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Author:   Nicola Gavey
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   2nd edition
Weight:   0.458kg
ISBN:  

9781138336209

ISBN 10:   1138336203
Pages:   302
Publication Date:   25 October 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

PART 1 RAPE IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT Chapter 1 Rape as a social problem Chapter 2 The discovery of a rape epidemic PART 2 GENDER, POWER, AND SEXUALITY – AND THE LIMITS OF INDIVIDUAL CHOICE Chapter 3 The social construction of sex, subjectivity, and the body Chapter 4 Heterosexuality under the microscope Chapter 5 Unsexy sex: Unwanted sex, sexual coercion, and rape PART 3 GOING TOO FAR, NOT GOING FAR ENOUGH Chapter 6 Can a woman be raped and not know it? Chapter 7 Turning the tables? Women raping men Chapter 8 Toward ending rape PART 4 REJOINDER FOR THE SECOND EDITION Chapter 9 The gender of rape culture: Revisiting the cultural scaffolding of rape

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Nicola Gavey is Professor of Psychology, University of Auckland, New Zealand.

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