Male rape is a feminist issue : feminism, governmentality and male rape /

Male rape is a feminist issue : feminism, governmentality and male rape /

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Author / Creator:	Cohen, Claire, author.
Imprint:	Basingstoke, Hampshire Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. ©2014
Description:	ix, 214 pages ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Critical criminological perspectives Critical criminological perspectives.
Subject:	Male rape. Feminism. Feminism. Male rape.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9955834

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Varying Form of Title:	Feminism, governmentality and male rape
ISBN:	9780230223967 (hardback) 0230223966 (hardback)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-208) and index.
Summary:	"Male rape is a feminist issue -- but perhaps not in the way that you might think. This work is an experiment in Foucauldian thought that attempts to satisfy Foucault's imperative to 'think differently'. From this positioning, feminist constructions of 'male rape' can plausibly be claimed to operate as a 'regime of truth', but one must necessarily question whether this is running counter to patriarchy. This book seeks to problematize knowledge and practices regarding 'male rape', examining the social realms of the Academy, popular culture, policy and provision in the constitution of the subject. Discussion is moved beyond notions of fairness or justice. Instead, Cohen seeks to ascertain the discursive regularities in these sites, considers the power-effects of such discourse and thus conceives of 'male rape' as illustrating the success of governmentality."--Back cover.

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Summary:	This book seeks to problematize knowledge and practices regarding 'male rape' and its relationship to feminism, examining this issue from a Foucauldian perspective. Feminist constructions of 'male rape' can plausibly be claimed to operate as a 'regime of truth', but one must question whether this is running counter to patriarchy.
Physical Description:	ix, 214 pages ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-208) and index.
ISBN:	9780230223967 0230223966