Dismantling rape culture : the peacebuilding power of 'Me too' /

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Author / Creator:Nicholls, Tracey, author.
Edition:1 edition.
Imprint:London ; New York : Routledge, 2021.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Series:Interdisciplinary research in gender
Interdisciplinary research in gender.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12451009
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ISBN:9781000287738
1000287734
9781003124290
1003124291
9781000287721
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9781000287745
1000287742
9780367546304
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:"This book analyses rape culture through the lens of the 'me too' era. Drawing feminist theory into conversation with peace studies and improvisation theory, it advocates for peace-building opportunities to transform culture and for the improvisatory resources of 'culture-jamming' as a mechanism to dismantle rape culture. The book's key argument is that cultural attitudes and behaviours can be shifted through introduction of disrupting narratives, so each chapter ends with a 'culture-jammed' re-telling of a traditional fairy tale. Chapter one traces an overlap of feminist theory and peace studies, arguing that rape culture is most fruitfully understood through the concept 'structural violence.' Chapter two investigates the gender scripts rape culture produces, considering a female counterpart to the concept 'toxic masculinity': 'complicit femininity.' Chapter three offers analysis of non-consensual sex and a history of consent education, culminating in an argument that we need to move beyond consent to conceptualise a robust 'respectful mutuality.' Chapter four's history of sexual harassment in the workplace and the rise of #metoo argues that its global manifestations are a powerful peace-building initiative. Chapter five situates 'me too' within a culture-jamming history, using improvisation theory to show how this movement's potential can shape cultural reconstruction. This is a provocative and interventionist addition to feminist theory scholarship and is suitable for researchers and students in women's and gender studies, Feminist Theory, Sociology and Peace Studies"--
Other form:Print version: Nicholls, Tracey. Dismantling rape culture. 1 Edition. New York : Routledge, 2021 9780367546304

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