Rape of Lucretia and the Founding of Republics
Title | Rape of Lucretia and the Founding of Republics PDF eBook |
Author | Melissa M. Matthes |
Publisher | Penn State Press |
Pages | 204 |
Release | 2010-11-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9780271039343 |
Matthes (U. of Maryland) stages a conversation between feminism and republicanism to analyze the linkage between "founding stories" of republics, sexual violence, and gender hierarchy. While pointing out the differences in the retellings of Lucretia's rape by Livy, Machiavelli, and Rousseau, she argues that their commonality is in appropriating the classical tale to support the view that the alternative to violence is citizenship and politics infused with common good notions of agency, action, and community. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR
Rape of Lucrece
Title | Rape of Lucrece PDF eBook |
Author | William Shakespeare |
Publisher | |
Pages | 150 |
Release | 1900 |
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ISBN |
Rape
Title | Rape PDF eBook |
Author | Mithu Sanyal |
Publisher | Verso Books |
Pages | 257 |
Release | 2019-05-14 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1786637502 |
A bold, honest and unflinching look at the way we talk and think about rape Thanks to Title IX cases, #MeToo, and #Times Up, the issue of rape seems to be constantly in the news. But our thinking on the subject has a long history, one that cultural critic Mithu Sanyal elegantly reconstructs. She narrates a history spanning from Lucretia—whose legendary rape and suicide was said to be the downfall of the last Roman king—to second-wave feminism, Tarzan, and Roman Polanski. Sanyal demonstrates that the way we understand rape is remarkably (and alarmingly) consistent across the ages, even though the world has changed beyond recognition. It is high time for a new and informed debate about sexual violence, sexual boundaries, and consent. Mithu Sanyal shows that our comprehension of rape is closely connected to our understanding of sex, sexuality, and gender. Why is it that we expect victims to be irreparably damaged? When we think of rapists, why do we think of strangers rather than uncles, husbands, priests, or boyfriends? And in the era of #MeToo, what should “justice” look like? Rape: From Lucretia to #MeToo examines the role of race and the recurrent image of the black rapist, the omission of male victims, and what we mean when we talk about “rape culture.” Sanyal takes on every received opinion we have about rape, arguing with liberals, conservatives, and feminists alike.
Lucrece
Title | Lucrece PDF eBook |
Author | William Shakespeare |
Publisher | |
Pages | 194 |
Release | 1594 |
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The Rapes of Lucretia
Title | The Rapes of Lucretia PDF eBook |
Author | Ian Donaldson |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 1982 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN |
The Rapes of Lucretia A Myth and its Transformations
The History of Rome
Title | The History of Rome PDF eBook |
Author | Livy |
Publisher | |
Pages | 576 |
Release | 1909 |
Genre | Rome |
ISBN |
The Rape of Eve
Title | The Rape of Eve PDF eBook |
Author | Celene Lillie |
Publisher | Fortress Press |
Pages | 363 |
Release | 2017-01-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1506414370 |
Sex, violence, power, and redemption. In recent decades, scholars of New Testament and early Christian traditions have given new attention to the relationships between gender and imperial power in the Roman world. In this surprising work, Celene Lillie examines core passages from three Gnostic texts from Nag Hammadi, On the Origin of the World, The Reality of the Rulers, and the Secret Revelation of John, in which Eve is portrayed as having been humiliated by the cosmic powers, yet experiencing restoration. Lillie compares that pattern with Gnostic savior motifs concerning Jesus and Seth, then sets it in the broader context of Roman cosmogonic myths at play in imperial ideology. The Nag Hammadi texts, she argues, offer us a window into symbolic forms of Christian resistance to imperial ideology. This groundbreaking study highlights the importance of the Nag Hammadi writings for our fuller appreciation of the currents of Christian response to the Roman Empire and the culture of rape pervasive within it.