Compelling Engagements: Feminism, Rape Law, and Romance FictionFederation Press, 2005 - 170 oldal After decades of rape law reform, it is still being argued that the criminal justice system fails rape victims, that too few cases are prosecuted and too few prosecutions result in conviction. Compelling Engagements is a ground-breaking work which investigates the narratives of rape law and of romance fiction, and explores the outmoded and strikingly similar depictions of their normative female subjects. These are women who are not only vulnerable but also evidently worthy of the protections or rewards promised: punishment of the rapist or the hero's love. Larcombe's analysis explores: the definitions of "rape" in the criminal law and "romance" in Harlequin Mills and Boon fiction; the feminine subjects represented in the texts of rape law and romance fiction; the feminised subject positions the texts produce: the rape complainant and the romance reader; particular fictionalisations of the rape complainant and the romance reader: the false rape complainant and the ideal romance consumer; and how these fictionalisations serve the interests of the criminal justice system and the romance publishing industry. Larcombe shows how the legal construction of gender and subjectivity in rape law is still working to disempower victims. She suggests feminism's failure to accommodate women's investment in heroines of romance fiction has limited their effectiveness in transforming rape law. Compelling Engagements is an original and engaging analysis, and fascinating reading for anyone who deals with rape as part of the criminal justice system. |
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... normative gender hierarchy , but they also undertake to mitigate its effects on the relatively disempowered feminine subject by stipulating certain conditions as necessary for the proper conduct of heterosexual relations . Turning this ...
... normative gender hierarchy , but they also undertake to mitigate its effects on the relatively disempowered feminine subject by stipulating certain conditions as necessary for the proper conduct of heterosexual relations . Turning this ...
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... normative femininity in rape law works to disadvantage and disqualify the vast majority of women rape complainants . The construction of normative femininity in romance fiction , on the other hand , underpins women's most popular form ...
... normative femininity in rape law works to disadvantage and disqualify the vast majority of women rape complainants . The construction of normative femininity in romance fiction , on the other hand , underpins women's most popular form ...
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... normative gender fictions reproduced in rape law and romance fiction and their highly diver- gent applications and effects . Each section pairs a rape law chapter with a romance fiction chapter , exploring a common theme . This ...
... normative gender fictions reproduced in rape law and romance fiction and their highly diver- gent applications and effects . Each section pairs a rape law chapter with a romance fiction chapter , exploring a common theme . This ...
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... normative femininity in rape law - where fictions are given very real effect - they cannot be so sanguine . Additionally , as we will see in the chapters that follow , it is difficult to displace the reproduction of conventional ...
... normative femininity in rape law - where fictions are given very real effect - they cannot be so sanguine . Additionally , as we will see in the chapters that follow , it is difficult to displace the reproduction of conventional ...
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... normative scripts of gender hierarchy and feminine subjectivity found in rape law and romance fiction are given effect . This argument is developed through the organisation of the book into sections which address in turn : the terms ...
... normative scripts of gender hierarchy and feminine subjectivity found in rape law and romance fiction are given effect . This argument is developed through the organisation of the book into sections which address in turn : the terms ...
Tartalomjegyzék
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Desire and Love Gendering Subjectivity | 34 |
The Fortitude of Heroines | 59 |
Heroines and the InSecurity | 78 |
Fear and Hope | 97 |
Preferred Readers and Other Romances | 115 |
Compelling Engagements | 135 |
Index | 161 |
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accused appeal argue attempts Australian basis become changes chapters complainant's consent consequence construction consumer contemporary continue conviction course criminal law critics cultural defence desire effect engagements evidence example experience explains fact false false complaint fantasy female feminine subjectivity feminist gender genre Harlequin hero hero's heroine heroine's heterosexual exchange ideal individual interests issues judges jury knowledge law and romance law's limited means mind narrative nature non-consent normative object particular person pleasures political popular romance position practice Press problem produced promises prosecution provides publishers questions rape complainant rape law rape victim reading reason reform relations relationship representation represented reproduce requirement resistance respect romance fiction romance reader satisfaction satisfied sense sexual assault sexual penetration social specific standard story successful suggest takes testimony texts true understand victim violence woman women women's romance Writing
Hivatkozások erre a könyvre
Choice and Consent: Feminist Engagements with Law and Subjectivity Rosemary C. Hunter,Sharon Cowan Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2007 |