Reconstructing Violence: The Southern Rape Complex in Film and Literature

by Deborah Barker

In this bold study of cinematic depictions of violence in the south, Deborah E. Barker explores the ongoing legacy of the southern rape complex in American film. Taking as her starting point D. W. Griffith's infamous The Birth of a Nation, Barker demonstrates how the tropes and imagery of the southern rape complex continue to assert themselves across a multitude of genres, time periods, and stylistic modes.
Drawing from Gilles Deleuze's work...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807160628
• ISBN13: 9780807160626
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.2"