Depictions of rape on television have evolved dramatically, from hard-boiled stories about male detectives to more insightful shows focusing on rape victims. Rape on Prime Time is the first book to examine those changing depictions of rape.
Lisa M. Cuklanz reveals that prime-time television programs during the 1970s—usually detective shows—reflected traditional ideas that "real" rape is perpetrated by brutal strangers upon passive victims. Beginning in 1980, depictions of rape began to include attacks by known assailants, and victims began to address their feelings. By 1990, scripts portrayed date and marital rape and paid greater attention to the trial process, reflecting legal reformers' concerns.
While previous studies have examined one series or genre, Cuklanz examines programs as dissimilar as Barney Miller, Dallas, The Cosby Show, and Quincy. She outlines the "basic plot" for rape episodes, then traces the historical development of rape themes. In each chapter she includes close analyses of episodes that add depth to findings derived from scripts and taped episodes.
Rape on Prime Time provides important insight into the social construction of rape in mainstream mass media since the inception of rape law reform in 1974.
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Lisa M. Cuklanz is Chair of the Women's Studies Program and Associate Professor of Communication at Boston College. She is on the board of directors of the Radcliffe Graduate Consortium in Women's Studies and the author of Rape on Trial: How the Mass Media Construct Legal Reform and Social Change, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.
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The relationship between prime time television and social change is complex, historically significant, and as yet only partially understood. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
time episodic television, rape reform ideas, false accusation plots, basic plot formula, prime time episodes, violent stranger rape, rape reform movement, rape episodes, rape portrayals, rape plots, victim dialogue, protagonist detectives, detective programs, plot victims, rape law reform, male detectives, rape representation, plot episodes, rape narratives, rape claims, protagonist males, real rape, focus episodes, feminist characters, fraternity gang rape Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Miami Vice, Facts of Life, Hill Street Blues, Fear Strikes Back, Strike Force, African American, Charles Ingalls, United States, Little House, Lou Grant, Return of the Black Shadow, Welcome Back, Barnaby Jones, Barney Miller, Big Foot, Drama Center, Let Me Light the Way, National Guard, Secret Rage, The Predator, Anatomy of Fear, Deadly Sanctuary, Double Standard, Hell Hath No Fury, Lonely Ladies New!
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The relationship between prime time television and social change is complex, historically significant, and as yet only partially understood. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
time episodic television, rape reform ideas, false accusation plots, basic plot formula, prime time episodes, violent stranger rape, rape reform movement, rape episodes, rape portrayals, rape plots, victim dialogue, protagonist detectives, detective programs, plot victims, rape law reform, male detectives, rape representation, plot episodes, rape narratives, rape claims, protagonist males, real rape, focus episodes, feminist characters, fraternity gang rape Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Miami Vice, Facts of Life, Hill Street Blues, Fear Strikes Back, Strike Force, African American, Charles Ingalls, United States, Little House, Lou Grant, Return of the Black Shadow, Welcome Back, Barnaby Jones, Barney Miller, Big Foot, Drama Center, Let Me Light the Way, National Guard, Secret Rage, The Predator, Anatomy of Fear, Deadly Sanctuary, Double Standard, Hell Hath No Fury, Lonely Ladies New!
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- The Facts of Life: Revised Edition (Pop-Up Gift Book) by Jonathan Miller on 4 pages
- Against Our Will by Susan Brownmiller on 4 pages
- The Victim of Rape: Institutional Reactions by Lynda Lytle Holmstrom in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Prime Time by Marlo and Lewis, Mina Bess Lewis in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The John Fiske Collection: Television Culture (Studies in Communication Series) by John Fiske on page 122, and Back Matter
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- Watching Rape: Film and Television in Postfeminist Culture by Sarah Projansky in Back Matter
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