Matthews Confronting Rape

The Feminist Anti-Rape Movement and the State
Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-1-134-92144-7
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 216 Seiten

Reihe: International Library of Sociology

Public thinking about sexual assault over the last two decades has changed dramatically for the better. Activists in rape crisis centers can claim a feminist success story, but not always as they would choose. Through her study of six rape crisis centers in Los Angeles, Nancy Matthews shows how the State has influenced rape crisis work by supporting the therapeutic aspects of the anti-rape movement's agenda, and pushing feminist rape crisis centers towards conventional frameworks of social service provision, while ignoring the feminist political agenda of transforming gender relations and preventing rape.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Matthews, Nancy A.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Feminismus, Feministische Theorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. Feminism, the state, and the anti-rape movement: theoretical underpinnings 2. A national movement against rape 3. The birth of the Los Angeles anti-rape movement 4. Surviving the early years 5. The politics of crisis - the crisis of politics 6. Politics and Bureaucracy: OCJP funding 7. The expansion of racial diversity 8. From stopping violence to managing rape Appendices