What it feels like : visceral rhetoric and the politics of rape culture /
Larson, Stephanie R. 1989-
What it feels like : visceral rhetoric and the politics of rape culture / Stephanie R. Larson. - 1 online resource. - Rhetoric and democratic deliberation ; volume 27 .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction : bodies, feelings, and the rhetoric of rape culture -- Sensing the nation at risk : sexual citizenship and the Meese Commission -- The specter of patriarchy : imagining victims in bystander discourse -- The proof is in the body : transcending rhetoric with rape kits -- Disrupting silence : the law and visceral counterpublicity -- Taking it all in : #MeToo, feminist megethos, and list making -- Conclusion : "I was trapped in my body" : writing and living after rape.
"Investigates contemporary and historical rhetorics of rape culture within institutional, legal, cultural, and medical discourses. Examines how discourses about rape rely on strategies of containment and deny the felt experiences of victims, ultimately stalling broader claims for justice in the United States"--
9780271091709 9780271091693
Rape culture--Political aspects--United States.
Rhetoric--Political aspects--United States.
Electronic Books.
HV6561 / .W438 2021
What it feels like : visceral rhetoric and the politics of rape culture / Stephanie R. Larson. - 1 online resource. - Rhetoric and democratic deliberation ; volume 27 .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction : bodies, feelings, and the rhetoric of rape culture -- Sensing the nation at risk : sexual citizenship and the Meese Commission -- The specter of patriarchy : imagining victims in bystander discourse -- The proof is in the body : transcending rhetoric with rape kits -- Disrupting silence : the law and visceral counterpublicity -- Taking it all in : #MeToo, feminist megethos, and list making -- Conclusion : "I was trapped in my body" : writing and living after rape.
"Investigates contemporary and historical rhetorics of rape culture within institutional, legal, cultural, and medical discourses. Examines how discourses about rape rely on strategies of containment and deny the felt experiences of victims, ultimately stalling broader claims for justice in the United States"--
9780271091709 9780271091693
Rape culture--Political aspects--United States.
Rhetoric--Political aspects--United States.
Electronic Books.
HV6561 / .W438 2021