Watching Rape: Film and Television in Postfeminist Culture

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Summary: Watching Rape
Review: I first saw Sarah Projansky present this book at the women's center of UC Davis. Her presentation was articulate, comprehensive, sensitive, and compelling. Her thoughts, ideas, and observations were enlightening.

I have since read her book, "Watching Rape", and it is incredibly well done, comprehensive, fresh, and informative on many levels. This book was appealing to me as a survivor of sexual violence, an activist for ending sexual violence, and a writer. I especially appreciated the in-depth attention she paid to racism and/or the absence of race awareness in the media and sexual violence publications. I was also interested in her book to read her insights about the violence of spectators who do not intervene during a rape (and often hurt women [or children] further), and for her discussion of rape prevention and educational films and videos.

I highly recommend this book to people who are interested in studying film representations of sexual violence and it's implications on our journey towards a less violent world, or to people who are interested in understanding and dispelling rape myths and the present state of feminism.

Rating:
Summary: Watching Rape
Review: I first saw Sarah Projansky present this book at the women's center of UC Davis. Her presentation was articulate, comprehensive, sensitive, and compelling. Her thoughts, ideas, and observations were enlightening.

I have since read her book, "Watching Rape", and it is incredibly well done, comprehensive, fresh, and informative on many levels. This book was appealing to me as a survivor of sexual violence, an activist for ending sexual violence, and a writer. I especially appreciated the in-depth attention she paid to racism and/or the absence of race awareness in the media and sexual violence publications. I was also interested in her book to read her insights about the violence of spectators who do not intervene during a rape (and often hurt women [or children] further), and for her discussion of rape prevention and educational films and videos.

I highly recommend this book to people who are interested in studying film representations of sexual violence and it's implications on our journey towards a less violent world, or to people who are interested in understanding and dispelling rape myths and the present state of feminism.