Confronting Rape: The Feminist Anti-Rape Movement and the State

ISBN-13: 9780415064910 / Angielski / Twarda / 1994 / 216 str.

Nancy A. Matthews

Opis

This work documents two decades of anti-rape activism in the USA. From grass-roots efforts to the institutionalization of state-funded rape crisis centres, the movement has changed public thinking about sexual assault significantly. Activists in rape crisis centres across the US created a feminist success story, although not always as they would choose.

Recenzje

`..a story of the success of the women's movement in placing rape and its survival on the political agenda. ...I liked it very much.' - Betsy Stanko, University of Brunel

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Nancy A. Matthews