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"The #MeToo movement has heightened awareness about the prevalence of sexual violence across professional, public, and private spheres. Since the movement began, many individuals have bravely stepped forward to share their experiences within media industries that historically protected predators while silencing survivors. Television and streaming content also conveys messages about gender, sex, consent, and power that influences public consciousness. These portrayals of sexual violence warrant re-examination from the perspective of the #MeToo movement. This essay collection explores sexual violence within television and streaming media, building on the previous work, Screening #MeToo: Rape Culture in Hollywood (SUNY Press 2022). The current anthology features essays covering a diverse range of genres-from documentary and true crime to drama and comedy-across various platforms, including network television and streaming services. The contributing authors analyze representational tropes through an intersectional perspective and examine how trauma, memory, romance, and fantasy intersect the narratives presented. Prompting further exploration from readers, these perspectives serve as a foundation for discussing rape culture in American television and streaming"--
List of contents
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction: The #MeToo Lens and the Television Industry
Ralph Beliveau and Lisa Funnell
"Some were prostitutes ... others were ordinary women": Memories, Mediation, and Sexual Violence in the True Crime Genre
Zoë Antoinette Eddy
"We have the power now": Notions of (Em)Power(ment) and Solidarity in Documentaries of the USA Gymnastics Sexual Abuse Scandal
Sabine Elisabeth Aretz
A Song of Virtue and Vice: The Impact of Class on Rape Narratives in HBO's Game of Thrones (2011-2019)
Louise Coopey
Debunking Rape Myths: Sexual Violence, Feminism, and #MeToo in Unbelievable
Tatiana Konrad
She Married Him Anyways: Exploring Sexual Violence in Mad
Erin K. Burrell
"I'm as innocent as any straight, middle-aged man there is": #MeToo, Rape Culture, and Masculinity in Apple TV+'s The Morning Show
Hannah Hansen
Watching Water: Waves of Violence and #MeToo
Eve Froude
"Bluebeard's Castle": Reconsidering Romance and Revenge in Netflix's
Alexandra Swanson
"One woman's terrorist is another woman's liberator": Dietland, #MeToo, and Rape Revenge
Rebecca Johinke
From "Good Girls" to Vigilantes: Feminist Representation and Production in #MeToo Television
Katherine J. Lehman
Television Production, #MeToo, and Gendered Challenges in Representing Rape
Rachel R. Reynolds and Dacia Pajé
"A gut punch to the soul": Fan Responses to Rape Depictions in Popular TV Shows
Joy Jenkins and J. David Wolfgang
About the Contributors
Index
About the author
Ralph Beliveau is a professor and head of Creative Media Production and Professional Writing in the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Oklahoma.
Lisa Funnell is an award-winning author, media educator specializing in EDI and representation in gaming, film, and TV and leading expert on gender and feminism in
James Bond and other action films.
