Rethinking the Victim Gender and Violence in Contemporary Australian Women's Writing |
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| Author:
| Brewster, Anne
Kossew, Sue |
| Series title: | Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-351-60691-2 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2019 |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Group
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| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $48.95 |
Book Description:
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Arguing that gendered violence is inflected with sexuality, class, race, ethnicity and many other factors,this book rethinks victimhood and agency from a feminist perspective and resists the spectacularization of violence against women often graphically depicted in cinema, news and pornography.
Arguing that gendered violence is inflected with sexuality, class, race, ethnicity and many other factors,this book rethinks victimhood and agency from a feminist perspective and resists the spectacularization of violence against women often graphically depicted in cinema, news and pornography.