Rape, Rage and Feminism in Contemporary American Drama

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Rape, Rage and Feminism in Contemporary American Drama is written by Davida Bloom and published by McFarland. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1476623716 (ISBN 10) and 9781476623719 (ISBN 13).

This first-ever study of rape in modern American drama examines portrayals of rape, raped women and rapists in 36 plays written between 1970 and 2007, the period during which the feminist movement made rape a matter of public discourse. These dramas reveal much about sexuality and masculine and feminine identity in the United States. The author traces the impact of second-wave feminism, antifeminist backlash, third-wave feminism and postfeminism on the dramatic depiction of rape. The prevalence of commonly accepted rape myths--that women who dress provocatively invite sexual assault, for example--is well documented, along with equally frequent examples which dispute these myths.