{"product_id":"rape-and-representation-lynn-higgins-9780231072670","title":"Rape and Representation","description":"\u003cp\u003eRape does not have to happen. The fact that it does--and in the United States a rape is reported every six minutes--indicates that we live in a rape-prone culture where rape or the threat of rape functions as a tool for enforcing sexual difference and hierarchy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eRape and Representation\u003c\/i\u003e explores how cultural forms construct and reenforce social attitudes and behaviors that perpetuate sexual violence. The essays proceed from the observation that literature not only reflects but also contributes to what a society believes about itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFourteen essays by authors in the fields of English, American and African-American, German, African, Brazilian, Classical, and French literatures and film present a wide range of texts from different historical periods and cultures. Contributors demythologize patriarchal representation in literature and art in order to show how it makes rape seem natural and inevitable. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContributors include: the editors, John J. Winkler, Patricia Klindiest Joplin, Susan Winnett, Ellen Rooney, Copp駘ia Kahn, Eileen Julien, Marta Peixoto, Kathryn Gravdal, Carla Freccero, Nellie V. McKay, Nancy A. Jones, and Froma I. Zeitlin. Their work raises pressing--and often difficult--questions for feminist criticism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lynn Higgins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231072678\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231072670\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 326\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.95h x 5.97w x 0.79d","brand":"Lynn Higgins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43913474212095,"sku":"9780231072670","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_28c16684-75ce-4045-8115-a84c9695c5fe.jpg?v=1680620568","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rape-and-representation-lynn-higgins-9780231072670","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}