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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820380903321

Autore

Magestro Molly Ann <1982->

Titolo

Assault on the small screen : representations of sexual violence on prime-time television dramas / / Molly Ann Magestro

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-4422-5398-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (207 p.)

Disciplina

791.4508996073

Soggetti

Television broadcasting - Social aspects - United States

Television series - United States

Violence on television

Sex on television

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""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""

Sommario/riassunto

Over the last few decades, television programs have attempted to depict some of the more troubling elements of society with a more conscientious approach. Issues that networks were once reluctant to broadcast-such as sexual abuse, sexual assault, and rape-have become frequent plot points for many popular shows. Narratives that portray important social issues could potentially affect the ways individual viewers understand such incidents in the real world, so it is important to pay close and critical attention to the stories about rape that are broadcast to mass audiences. In Assault on the Smal