Rape on Prime Time: Television, Masculinity, and Sexual Violence

Lisa M. Cuklanz

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2000

Rape on Prime Time

Television, Masculinity, and Sexual Violence

Lisa M. Cuklanz

In the series Feminist Cultural Studies, the Media, and Political Culture

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812204001

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About this book

Rape on Prime Time provides important insight into the social construction of rape in mainstream mass media since the inception of rape law reform in 1974.

Author / Editor information

Lisa M. Cuklanz is Chair of the Women's Studies Program and Associate Professor of Communication at Boston College. She is on the board of directors of the Radcliffe Graduate Consortium in Women's Studies and the author of Rape on Trial: How the Mass Media Construct Legal Reform and Social Change, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

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Chapter 1 Introduction Rape and Prime Time Episodic TV Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 2 What Is Rape? Prime Time's Changing Portrayals Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	28
Chapter 3 Hegemonic Masculinity and Prime Time Rape Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	62
Chapter 4 Representations of Victims and Rape Reform Ideas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
Chapter 5 Unusual and Groundbreaking Episodes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	128
Chapter 6 Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	154
Appendix 1. Program Descriptions and Episode List Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
Appendix 2. Timeline of Rape Reform and Related Events Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	170
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 200
Keywords: Film Studies; Media Studies; Women's Studies; Gender Studies; Gender Studies; American History; American Studies; Literature; Cultural Studies

eBook

Published: November 24, 2010
ISBN: 9780812204001