Sexual Violence in Western Thought and Writing Chaste Rape
Description
This book focuses on rape narratives as grounding for western thinking about community - from the polis to nation-states - specifically in cultures of thinking , reading , and writing . The author rethinks rape, or sexual violence, through a close examination of how rape is a pedagogy that has become canonized in the form of rape stories.
Keywords
Literary CriticismSemiotics & TheorySocial ScienceGender StudiesFeminism & Feminist TheoryAnthropologyCultural & SocialLanguage Arts & DisciplinesLinguisticsHistorical & Comparative
2011Book
Author(s)Victor J. Vitanza
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US
ISBN9780230112834
LanguageEnglish
