Dismantling Rape Culture
The Peacebuilding Power of ‘Me Too’
dc.contributor.author | Nicholls, Tracey | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-02-26T03:05:17Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-02-26T03:05:17Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2020-11-05T10:09:43Z | |
dc.identifier | https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/42839 | |
dc.identifier | https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/46957 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/63843 | |
dc.description.abstract | "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 the introduction of disrupting narratives, so each chapter ends with a ‘culture- jammed’ re- telling of a traditional fairy tale. Chapter 1 traces an overlap of feminist theory and peace studies, arguing that rape culture is most fruitfully understood through the concept of ‘structural violence.’ Chapter 2 investigates the gender scripts that rape culture produces, considering a female counterpart to the concept of ‘toxic masculinity’: ‘complicit femininity.’ Chapter 3 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 4 ’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 5 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." | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Interdisciplinary Research in Gender | |
dc.rights | open access | |
dc.subject.classification | bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFF Social issues & processes::JFFK Feminism & feminist theory | |
dc.subject.other | Social Science | |
dc.subject.other | Feminism & Feminist Theory | |
dc.title | Dismantling Rape Culture | |
dc.title.alternative | The Peacebuilding Power of ‘Me Too’ | |
dc.type | book | |
oapen.identifier.doi | 10.4324/9781003124290 | |
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy | fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 | |
oapen.relation.isFundedBy | Knowledge Unlatched | |
oapen.relation.isbn | 9781003124290 | |
oapen.relation.isbn | 9780367546304 | |
oapen.relation.isbn | 9780367643898 | |
oapen.relation.isbn | 9781003124290 | |
oapen.collection | Knowledge Unlatched (KU) | |
oapen.imprint | Routledge | |
oapen.pages | 221 | |
dc.relationisFundedBy | b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 |
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