RT Book
T1 What it feels like: visceral rhetoric and the politics of rape culture
T2 Rhetoric and democratic deliberation
JF Rhetoric and democratic deliberation
A1 Larson, Stephanie R.
LA English
PP University Park, Pennsylvania
PB The Pennsylvania State University Press
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1778352340
AB Introduction : bodies, feelings, and the rhetoric of rape culture -- Sensing the nation at risk : sexual citizenship and the Meese Commission -- The specter of patriarchy : imagining victims in bystander discourse -- The proof is in the body : transcending rhetoric with rape kits -- Disrupting silence : the law and visceral counterpublicity -- Taking it all in : #MeToo, feminist megethos, and list making -- Conclusion : "I was trapped in my body" : writing and living after rape.
AB "Investigates contemporary and historical rhetorics of rape culture within institutional, legal, cultural, and medical discourses. Examines how discourses about rape rely on strategies of containment and deny the felt experiences of victims, ultimately stalling broader claims for justice in the United States"--
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN HV6561
SN 9780271091433
K1 Rape culture : Political aspects : United States
K1 Rhetoric : Political aspects : United States