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Male Rape is a Feminist Issue Feminism, Governmentality and Male Rape

This book seeks to problematize knowledge and practices regarding 'male rape' and its relationship to feminism, examining this issue from a Foucauldian perspective. Feminist constructions of 'male rape' can plausibly be claimed to operate as a 'regime of truth', but one must question whether this is running counter to patriarchy
eBook, English, 2014
Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2014
1 online resource (IX, 214 p.).
9781137035103, 1137035102
1105521167
Introduction: Feminism, Governmentality and 'Male' Rape 1. Problematization: A Critical Ontology of the Present 2. Investigation: A Foucauldian Triangulation 3. Representations: Knowing Victimhood 4. Biopolitics: Imagining Victimhood 5. Individuation: Acting on Victimhood Concluding Thoughts