LEADER 04343nam 22006255 450 001 9910495178103321 005 20230810172838.0 010 $a3-030-73310-6 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-73310-0 035 $a(CKB)4100000011996504 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6697049 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6697049 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-73310-0 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011996504 100 $a20210728d2021 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSexual Violence in Australia, 1970s?1980s $eRape and Child Sexual Abuse /$fby Lisa Featherstone 205 $a1st ed. 2021. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2021. 215 $a1 online resource (308 pages) 225 1 $aWorld Histories of Crime, Culture and Violence,$x2730-9649 311 $a3-030-73309-2 327 $a1. Introduction: Sexual violence -- 2. The problem of rape -- 3. Rape and Culture in the 1970s -- 4. What to do with the Victims? -- 5. Rape law reform in the 1970s and 1980s -- 6. Reconceptualising Child Sexual Assault in the 1980s -- 7. Child Sexual Assault in Institutions -- 8. Institutions: Disclosure and Failure To Act -- 9. The 1980s Courtroom -- 10. The 1980s Courtroom -- 11. Conclusion: The Failure of Change. 330 $aThis book explores sexual violence and crime in Australia in the 1970s and 1980s, a period of intense social and legal change. Driven by the sexual revolutions, second wave feminism, and ideas of the rights of the child, there was a new public interest in the sexual assault of women and children. Sexual abuse was studied, surveyed and discussed more than ever before in Australian society. Yet, despite this, there remained substantial inaction, by government, from community and on the part of individuals. This book examines several difficult questions of our recent history: why did Australia not act more firmly to eradicate rape and child sexual abuse? What prevented our culture from looking seriously at trauma? How did we fail to protect victim-survivors? Rich in social and legal history, this study takes readers into the world of victims of sexual crime, and into the wider community that had to deal with sexual violence. At the core of this book is the question that resonates deeply right now: why does sexual violence appear seemingly insurmountable, despite significant change? Lisa Featherstone is an Australian historian and Head of History in the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, University of Queensland, Australia. Her work focuses on sexuality, medicine and the law. She is interested in the ways these authoritative discourses intersect around the body, in particular around sexual violence. Featherstone has published widely on sexual crimes, including child sexual abuse and rape in marriage. She is the author of two previous monographs, Let?s Talk About Sex: Histories of Sexuality in Australia from Federation to the Pill, and Sex Crimes in the 1950s (co-authored with Andy Kaladelfos). The latter was shortlisted for the NSW Premier?s Prize. She has published extensively in international and local journals in history and gender studies, including articles in Gender and History, Women?s History Review, Feminist Legal Studies, Australian Historical Studies and The Journal of the History of Sexuality. . 410 0$aWorld Histories of Crime, Culture and Violence,$x2730-9649 606 $aHistory 606 $aHistory, Modern 606 $aLaw$xHistory 606 $aCrime$xSociological aspects 606 $aHistory 606 $aModern History 606 $aLegal History 606 $aCrime and Society 615 0$aHistory. 615 0$aHistory, Modern. 615 0$aLaw$xHistory. 615 0$aCrime$xSociological aspects. 615 14$aHistory. 615 24$aModern History. 615 24$aLegal History. 615 24$aCrime and Society. 676 $a345.94025554 676 $a364.153099409047 700 $aFeatherstone$b Lisa$0849226 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910495178103321 996 $aSexual Violence in Australia, 1970s?1980s$93563045 997 $aUNINA