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The New Logic of Sexual Violence in Enlightenment France: Rationalizing Rape - Interdisciplinary Research in Gender
McAlpin, Mary (University of Tennessee Knoxville, USA)
The New Logic of Sexual Violence in Enlightenment France: Rationalizing Rape - Interdisciplinary Research in Gender
McAlpin, Mary (University of Tennessee Knoxville, USA)
This book argues that rape as we know it was invented in the eighteenth century, examining texts as diverse as medical treatises, socio-political essays, and popular novels to demonstrate how cultural assumptions of gendered sexual desire erased rape by making a women’s non-consent a logical impossibility.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
To be released | April 14, 2025 |
ISBN13 | 9781032255545 |
Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Pages | 194 |
Dimensions | 453 g |