Male Rape Is a Feminist Issue - Feminism, Governmentality and Male Rape

Informationen zum Autor Claire Cohen is Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Division of Sociology, Nottingham Trent University, UK.   Klappentext This book seeks to problematize knowledge and practices regarding 'male rape' and its relationship to feminism! examining this issue from a Foucauldian perspective. Feminist constructions of 'male rape' can plausibly be claimed to operate as a 'regime of truth'! but one must question whether this is running counter to patriarchy. Zusammenfassung This book seeks to problematize knowledge and practices regarding 'male rape' and its relationship to feminism! examining this issue from a Foucauldian perspective. Feminist constructions of 'male rape' can plausibly be claimed to operate as a 'regime of truth'! but one must question whether this is running counter to patriarchy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Feminism, Governmentality and 'Male' Rape 1. Problematization: A Critical Ontology of the Present 2. Investigation: A Foucauldian Triangulation 3. Representations: Knowing Victimhood 4. Biopolitics: Imagining Victimhood 5. Individuation: Acting on Victimhood Concluding Thoughts

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Introduction: Feminism, Governmentality and 'Male' Rape 1. Problematization: A Critical Ontology of the Present 2. Investigation: A Foucauldian Triangulation 3. Representations: Knowing Victimhood 4. Biopolitics: Imagining Victimhood 5. Individuation: Acting on Victimhood Concluding Thoughts

Product details

• Authors: C Cohen, C. Cohen, Claire Cohen, Cohen C
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349308842
• ISBN: 978-1-349-30884-2
• No. of pages: 223
• Series: Critical Criminological Perspectives; Critical Criminological Perspe; Critical Criminological Perspectives
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; B, Gender Studies, Sociology, Feminism, Criminology, Feminism & feminist theory, Gender studies, gender groups, Feminist Theory, Feminism and feminist theory, Crime & criminology, Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Crime—Sociological aspects, Crime and Society, Psychology of Gender and Sexuality, Psychology of gender, Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, Sexual psychology, Sexual Behavior, Psychology: sexual behaviour, feminism;government;knowledge;politics