Confronting Rape: The Feminist Anti-Rape Movement and the State

by Nancy A. Matthews

Overview

Public thinking about sexual assault over the last two decades has changed dramatically for the better. Activists in rape crisis centers can claim a feminist success story, but not always as they would choose. Through her study of six rape crisis centers in Los Angeles, Nancy Matthews shows how the State has influenced rape crisis work by supporting the therapeutic aspects of the anti-rape movement's agenda, and pushing feminist rape crisis centers towards conventional frameworks of social service provision, while ignoring the feminist political agenda of transforming gender relations and preventing rape.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134921447
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/28/2005
Series:	International Library of Sociology , #10
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	216
File size:	384 KB

About the Author

Nancy A. Matthews

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Feminism, the state, and the anti-rape movement: theoretical underpinnings 2. A national movement against rape 3. The birth of the Los Angeles anti-rape movement 4. Surviving the early years 5. The politics of crisis - the crisis of politics 6. Politics and Bureaucracy: OCJP funding 7. The expansion of racial diversity 8. From stopping violence to managing rape Appendices

Editorial Reviews

‘..a story of the success of the women's movement in placing rape and its survival on the political agenda. ...I liked it very much.' - Betsy Stanko, University of Brunel

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