Accounting for Rape: Psychology, Feminism and Discourse Analysis in the Study of Sexual Violence - Rilegato

Libro 10 di 27: Women and Psychology

Anderson, Irina; Doherty, Kathy

 
9780415211734: Accounting for Rape: Psychology, Feminism and Discourse Analysis in the Study of Sexual Violence
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ISBN 10: 0415211735 ISBN 13: 9780415211734
Casa editrice: Routledge, 2007

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Accounting for Rape presents an original perspective on the subject of rape, focusing on both female and male sexual violence. The authors investigate everyday beliefs about rape, to examine how blaming the victim and the normalization of rape are achieved by people in a discussion about sexual violence. They synthesize discursive psychology and a feminist standpoint to explore precisely how rape and rape victimhood are defined in ways that reflect the social, political and cultural conditions of society.

By analysing conversational data, Anderson and Doherty suggest that the existing social psychological experimental research into rape and rape perception fails to analyse the subtlety and political significance of rape supportive reasoning. Accounting for Rape provides a critical interrogation of the dominant theories and methodologies, focusing on:

  • How the gender and sexual orientation of alleged victims and perpetrators is crucial to social participants when making sense of a rape report and in apportioning blame and sympathy
  • How arguments that are critical of alleged victims are built in ways that are 'face saving' for the participants in the conversations, and how victim-blaming arguments are presented as 'common sense'.
  • The potential of applying this approach in both professional and academic contexts to promote attitude change.

The book will be of great interest to those studying social and clinical psychology, cultural studies, sociology, women's studies and communication studies.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Irina Anderson is a principal lecturer in Psychology at the University of East London.

Kathy Doherty is a principal lecturer in Communication Studies at Sheffield Hallam University.

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Editore
Routledge
Data di pubblicazione
2007
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0415211735
ISBN 13 
9780415211734
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero edizione
1
Numero di pagine
172
Contatto del produttore
Taylor and Francis, GPSR Taylor and Francis
gpsr@taylorandfrancis.com

Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH, Kaufingerstraße 24
München
80331
Germania

Altre edizioni note dello stesso titolo

9780415211741: Accounting for Rape: Psychology, Feminism and Discourse Analysis in the Study of Sexual Violence

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  0415211743 ISBN 13:  9780415211741
Casa editrice: Routledge, 2007
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