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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nicholls, Tracey, author.

Series:

Interdisciplinary research in gender

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism.

Rape--Prevention.

Rape.

Sexual harassment of women.

Physical Description:

x, 209 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.

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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Living a dream

Why we believe our own story-telling

How we can tell better stories

1. Once upon a time: rape culture is structural violence

What rape culture is: the prince's battlefield

What structural violence is: the ivory tower view of the battlefield

Why we fail to see the violence: the princess's rose-coloured glasses

Coda: culture-jamming Cinderella's structural violence

2. A beautiful girl met a handsome prince: toxic masculinity and complicit femininity

How to be a man: Prince Charming

How to be a woman: Cinderella, Snow White, Rapunzel

On not being a princess: Little Red Riding Hood, and other paths through the woods

Coda: culture-jamming Snow White's gender roles

3. And it was love at first sight ...: the spectrum of problematic sex

`Real' rape and really bad dates: as she slept, he leaned forward to kiss her

Coercion and harassment: `You must come and see me next Sunday; I have already invited guests ...'

A stage theory of saying yes: the princess's choices

Coda: culture-jamming consent violations in `Sleeping Beauty'

4. Until it wasn't anymore ...: how `Me Too' came to work

Women speaking out: who are we hearing?

Women being believed: from whispers to whistle-blowing

Global changes in conversations: a world without princes and princesses

Coda: culture-jamming the exploitation of women in `Rumpelstiltskin'

5. And they all lived better than before ...: culture-jamming our way to a better world

We have always been doing this: tales from the past

We need to do more of this: tales for the future

Coda: Walt Disney, meet Sara Ahmed.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Nicholls, Tracey, Dismantling rape culture

ISBN:

9780367546304

0367546302

OCLC:

1183399628

Publisher Number:

99986844904