Color of rape : gender and race in television's public spheres / Sujata Moorti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moorti, Sujata, 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rape on television.

African Americans on television.

Rape--Press coverage--United States.

Rape.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Honorable Mention, 2003 Myers Outstanding Book Award presented by The Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights in North AmericaThrough an analysis of television images of rape, this book makes important contributions to theories of the public sphere as well as feminist theories of rape. It shows how issues pertaining to race and gender are integrated in television discussions of rape, and how ideas of race, stereotypes of black (male and female) sexuality, and the perceived threat of miscegenation continue to shape contemporary attitudes toward sexual violence.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1 Television and Theories of the Public Sphere

2 The Feminist Subject of Rape

3 The Right of Sight Is White:

The Singular Focus of Network News

4 White Men Do Feminism:- Multiple Narratives of Prime-Time Rape

5 Testifying in the Court of Talk Shows

6 Fragmented Counternarratives

Conclusion.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-259) and index.

ISBN:

9780791489826

0791489825

9780585443065

0585443068

OCLC:

461915743