What It Feels Like - Visceral Rhetoric and the Politics of Rape Culture

Investigates contemporary and historical rhetorics of rape culture within institutional, legal, cultural, and medical discourses. Examines how discourses about rape rely on strategies of containment and deny the felt experiences of victims, ultimately stalling broader claims for justice in the United States.

About the author

Stephanie R. Larson is Assistant Professor of Rhetoric at Carnegie Mellon University.

Summary

Investigates contemporary and historical rhetorics of rape culture within institutional, legal, cultural, and medical discourses. Examines how discourses about rape rely on strategies of containment and deny the felt experiences of victims, ultimately stalling broader claims for justice in the United States.

Product details

• Authors: Stephanie Larson, Stephanie R. Larson, Stephanie R. (Assistant Professor of English Larson
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.12.2022
• EAN: 9780271091440
• ISBN: 978-0-271-09144-0
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 367 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Series: Rhetoric and Democratic Deliberation
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sexual Abuse & Harassment, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Critical Theory, LAW / Gender & the Law, Communication Studies, Gender & the law, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics