Accounting for Rape: Psychology, Feminism and Discourse Analysis in the Study of Sexual Violence

Women and Psychology

by Irina Anderson, Kathy Doherty, Jane Ussher (Series Editor)

Accounting for Rape presents an original perspective on the subject of rape, focusing on both female and male sexual violence. The authors investigate everyday beliefs about rape, to examine how blaming the victim and the normalization of rape are achieved by people in a discussion about sexual violence. They synthesize discursive psychology and a feminist standpoint to explore precisely how rape and rape victimhood are defined in ways that reflect the social, political and cultural conditions of society. By analysing conversational data, Anderson and Doherty suggest that the existing social psychological experimental research into rape and rape perception fails to analyse the subtlety and political significance of rape supportive reasoning. Accounting for Rape provides a critical interrogation of the dominant theories and methodologies, focusing The book will be of great interest to those studying social and clinical psychology, cultural studies, sociology, women's studies and communication studies.

Genres: Feminism, Nonfiction

172 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[Noémie · Rating 4 out of 5]

pretty good. more psychology than discourse analysis.