Transforming a Rape Culture
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First published in 1993, Transforming a Rape Culture has provided a new understanding of sexual violence and its origins in this culture. This groundbreaking work seeks nothing less than fundamental cultural change: the transformation of basic attitudes about power, gender, race, and sexuality.

This new edition includes eight new essays that address topics such as rape as war crime, sports and sexual violence, sexual abuse among the clergy, conflict between traditional mores and women''s rights in the Asian American and Latin American communities, as well insightful analyses of cyberporn.

The diverse contributors are activists, opinion leaders, theologians, policymakers, educators, and authors of both genders. An excellent text for undergraduate classes in Women''s Studies, Family Sociology or Criminal Justice, the book is being reissued on the 10th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act.

Originally published in 1993, this pioneering anthology is a powerful polemic for fundamental cultural change: the transformation of basic attitudes about power, gender, race, and sexuality. This edition adds new pieces on Internet pornography, the role of sports in sexual violence, and rape as a calculated instrument of war. The diverse contributors, which include bell hooks, Andrea Dworkin, Michael Messner, Yvette Flores, and Ntozake Shange, are activists, opinion leaders, theologians, policymakers, educators, and authors of both genders who tackle such hot-button issues as pornography and the intersection of race and rape.

The book''s statistics have been thoroughly updated, as have essays about sexual violence in K-12 schools and in the church. New pieces from within America''s immigrant communities depict struggles with domestic violence, sexual harassment, and community stigmas against reporting rape. This violence, not limited to one race, creed, or nationality, has its roots in cultural biases that are still much in need of change.



  • | Author: Emilie Buchwald, Pamela Fletcher, Martha Roth
  • | Publisher: Milkweed Editions
  • | Publication Date: Mar 24, 2005
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  • | Binding: Paperback / softback
  • | ISBN-13: 9781571312693
  • | ISBN-10: 1571312692
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Author:
Emilie Buchwald, Pamela Fletcher, Martha Roth
Publisher:
Milkweed Editions
Publication Date:
Mar 24, 2005
Binding:
Paperback / softback
ISBN-13:
9781571312693
ISBN10:
1571312692