Assault on the Small Screen : Representations of Sexual Violence on Prime Time Television Dramas.
Magestro, Molly Ann.
Assault on the Small Screen : Representations of Sexual Violence on Prime Time Television Dramas. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (207 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 "She Got Herself Raped and Killed" -- 2 "Don't Tell Her She's Lucky" -- 3 "She's Evidence" -- 4 "Does Anyone Think Rape Isn't a Major Crime?" -- 5 "As Damaged as Me" -- 6 "These Are Their Stories" -- 7 "Separate Yet Equally Important" -- 8 "If It Forces You to Prosecute" -- Conclusion -- Episode Index -- Index -- About the Author.
This book focuses on how various police and police-adjacent agencies present investigations of rape, treat and discuss rape victims, and help to create a lens through which audience members view rape in the real world. The programs discussed in this volume include program The Good Wife, CSI, NCIS,Law & Order SVU, The Closer, and Criminal Minds.
9781442253988
Violence on television.
Electronic books.
PN1992.8.A34 .M384 2015
302.23/450973
Assault on the Small Screen : Representations of Sexual Violence on Prime Time Television Dramas. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (207 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 "She Got Herself Raped and Killed" -- 2 "Don't Tell Her She's Lucky" -- 3 "She's Evidence" -- 4 "Does Anyone Think Rape Isn't a Major Crime?" -- 5 "As Damaged as Me" -- 6 "These Are Their Stories" -- 7 "Separate Yet Equally Important" -- 8 "If It Forces You to Prosecute" -- Conclusion -- Episode Index -- Index -- About the Author.
This book focuses on how various police and police-adjacent agencies present investigations of rape, treat and discuss rape victims, and help to create a lens through which audience members view rape in the real world. The programs discussed in this volume include program The Good Wife, CSI, NCIS,Law & Order SVU, The Closer, and Criminal Minds.
9781442253988
Violence on television.
Electronic books.
PN1992.8.A34 .M384 2015
302.23/450973