{"product_id":"metoo-the-impact-of-rape-culture-in-the-media-hardback-9781509535194","title":"MeToo; The Impact of Rape Culture in the Media (Hardback) 9781509535194","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMeToo\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Impact of Rape Culture in the Media\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMeenakshi Gigi Durham (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509535194, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 30 April 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e160 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.8 x 14.2 x 2 cm, 0.363 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An accessible and thorough interrogation of the media, rape culture, and MeToo. The book does a fantastic job of detailing rape culture (as it is conceived by many feminist theorists and activists) as well as outlining, in a really impressive way, the complexity of the MeToo movement.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatherine Rottenberg, University of Nottingham\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Laying out with great clarity what needs to be done to remove rape culture and its residue from the media, this insightful, thoughtful, and generative volume demonstrates why this eradication is a social justice issue that should matter to all.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarbie Zelizer, Raymond Williams Professor of Communication, University of Pennsylvania\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Durham moves our understanding of rape culture into the twenty-first century with this compelling examination of the MeToo movement. The book will provoke discussions across disciplines and audiences.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarolyn Byerly, Chair of Communication, Culture, and Media Studies, Howard University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“This book reminds us that speaking out is powerful, and that whether we are survivors, advocates, journalists, or bystanders, we can all be silence breakers.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eInternational Journal of Communication\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Durham has deftly combined the rape myths with the critique of the Metoo movement from a historical feminist standpoint, which only makes the book more accessible to the readers.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMedia Practice and Education\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Gender and media scholar Meenakshi Gigi Durham has delivered a clearly written and confronting, yet engaging, text where she uses the media as a framework through which to discuss and analyse the international #MeToo movement.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAustralian Journalism Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“It’s a timely and challenging book that offers a unique insight into the role and power of the media as well as the state of contemporary gender relations.”\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeattle Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the wake of the MeToo movement, revelations of sexual assault and harassment continue to disrupt sexual politics across the globe. Reports of widespread misconduct—in workplaces from doctors’ offices to factory floors—precipitate firings, legal actions, street protests, and policy punditry.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeenakshi Gigi Durham situates media culture as a place in which these broader social struggles are produced and reproduced. The media figures whose depravity sparked the #MeToo movement are symbols of the complexities of sexual desire and consent. Pop culture fuels controversies about rape culture; social media users have launched feminist resistance that turned to real-world activism; and investigative journalists have broken stories of assault, offering a platform for survivors to speak truth to patriarchal power. Arguing that the media are a linchpin in these events, Durham provides a feminist account of the interrelated contexts of media production, representation, and reception. She situates the media as the key site where the establishment of sexuality and social relations takes place, and traces the media's powerful role in both reifying and challenging rape culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis timely and stimulating book will be of interest to students and scholars of media, communication, gender studies, and sociology, as well as to anyone concerned by the current state of sexual politics.​\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eTable of contents:Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1: Rapacity\u003cbr\u003e Monsters, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e Danger Zones\u003cbr\u003e Of Presidents And Pussy-Grabs\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2: Representation\u003cbr\u003e E-race-ures\u003cbr\u003e The Naked And The Damned\u003cbr\u003e Reporting And Rape Culture\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3: Resistance\u003cbr\u003e Reckonings\u003cbr\u003e Redress\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Coda: Reformulating Desire And Consent\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Society \u0026amp; culture: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Society \u0026amp; culture: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Society%20\u0026amp;%20culture:%20general%20%5BJF%5D%22\"\u003eJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441795821848,"sku":"9781509535194","price":42.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509535194.jpg?v=1785025851","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/metoo-the-impact-of-rape-culture-in-the-media-hardback-9781509535194","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}