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Assault on the Small Screen : Representations of Sexual Violence on Prime Time Television Dramas.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (207 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442253988
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Assault on the Small ScreenDDC classification:
  • 302.23/450973
LOC classification:
  • PN1992.8.A34 .M384 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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