In Rape Fantasies, Alisa Kessel makes the case that to prevent sexual violence in the US and elsewhere, we must confront rape as a crime that is not born of natural sexual appetites, simple miscommunication, or ethical breach. In a rape culture, sexual violence is an essential political tactic to preserve--and, oftentimes, to embolden--hierarchies of race, gender, sexuality, and class. Moving beyond a gender-centered account of rape culture, Kessel provides an intersectional reconceptualization that reveals how rape culture evolves and expands to discipline any group that threatens the sociopolitical order.…mehr
In Rape Fantasies, Alisa Kessel makes the case that to prevent sexual violence in the US and elsewhere, we must confront rape as a crime that is not born of natural sexual appetites, simple miscommunication, or ethical breach. In a rape culture, sexual violence is an essential political tactic to preserve--and, oftentimes, to embolden--hierarchies of race, gender, sexuality, and class. Moving beyond a gender-centered account of rape culture, Kessel provides an intersectional reconceptualization that reveals how rape culture evolves and expands to discipline any group that threatens the sociopolitical order.
Alisa Kessel is Professor of Politics and Government at the University of Puget Sound. Her previous work has been published in American Political Science Review, Political Theory (with Michaele Ferguson under the pen-name A. Fergus Kastle-Michaelson III) and Contemporary Political Theory.
Inhaltsangabe
* Acknowledgments * Chapter 1: Rape Culture and the Politics of Sexual Violence * Chapter 2: The Politics of Protection * Chapter 3: "A process of history": Sexual Violence and the Settler Colonial Project * Chapter 4: There's an App for That: Sexual Consent by Contract * Chapter 5: The Customer is Always Right: Intimacy on Demand * Chapter 6: "Change is relational and rarely immediate": Dismantling Rape Culture * Notes * References * Index
* Acknowledgments * Chapter 1: Rape Culture and the Politics of Sexual Violence * Chapter 2: The Politics of Protection * Chapter 3: "A process of history": Sexual Violence and the Settler Colonial Project * Chapter 4: There's an App for That: Sexual Consent by Contract * Chapter 5: The Customer is Always Right: Intimacy on Demand * Chapter 6: "Change is relational and rarely immediate": Dismantling Rape Culture * Notes * References * Index
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