Male Rape Is a Feminist Issue: Feminism, Governmentality and Male Rape

by Claire Cohen

Male rape is a feminist issue - but perhaps not in the way that you might think. This work is an experiment in Foucauldian thought that attempts to satisfy Foucault's imperative to 'think differently'. From this positioning, feminist constructions of 'male rape' can plausibly be claimed to operate as a 'regime of truth', but one must necessarily question whether this is running counter to patriarchy.

This book seeks to problematize knowledge...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230223966
• ISBN13: 9780230223967
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.6"