Watching Rape Film and Television in Postfeminist Culture

Looking at popular culture from 1980 to the present, feminism appears to be "over": that is, according to popular critics we are in an era of "postfeminism" in which feminism has supposedly already achieved equality for women. Not so, says Sarah Projansky. In Watching Rape, Proja...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Projansky, Sarah
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York NYU Press 2001, 2001
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 A Feminist History of Rape in U.S. Film, 1903-1979; 2 The Postfeminist Context: Popular Redefinitions of Feminism, 1980-Present; 3 Film and Television Narratives at the Intersection of Rape and Postfeminism; 4 Feminism and the Popular: Readings of Rape and Postfeminism in Thelma and Louise; 5 Persistently Displaced: Black Women in RapeNarratives; 6 Talking Back to Postfeminism? Rape Prevention and Education Films and Videos; Conclusion; Notes; Works Cited; Index of Film and Television Titles; General Index; About the Author
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-295) and index