Can I read Dismantling Rape Culture : The Peacebuilding Power of ‘Me Too’ on EtoBox?

Dismantling Rape Culture : The Peacebuilding Power of ‘Me Too’ by Tracey Nicholls is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Dismantling Rape Culture : The Peacebuilding Power of ‘Me Too’ about?

"This book analyses rape culture through the lens of the 'me too' era. Drawing feminist theory into conversation with peace studies and improvisation theory, it advocates for peace- building opportunities to transform culture and for the improvisatory resources of 'culture- jamming' as a mechanism to dismantle rape culture. The book's key argument is that cultural attitudes and behaviours can be shifted through the introduction of disrupting narratives, so each chapter ends with a 'culture- jammed' re- telling of a traditional fairy tale. Chapter 1 traces an overlap of feminist theory and peace studies, arguing that rape culture is most fruitfully understood through the concept of 'structural violence.' Chapter 2 investigates the gender scripts that rape culture produces, considering a female counterpart to the concept of 'toxic masculinity': 'complicit femininity.' Chapter 3 offers analysis of non- consensual sex and a history of consent education, culminating in an argument that we need to move beyond consent to conceptualise a robust 'respectful mutuality.' Chapter 4 's history of sexual harassment in the workplace and the rise of #metoo argues that its global manifestations are

Who reads Dismantling Rape Culture : The Peacebuilding Power of ‘Me Too’?

Author

Tracey Nicholls

Publisher

New York : Routledge, 2021

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9781000287738

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Sociology, Gender Studies