'They did worse than nothing': Rape and Spectatorship in 'The Accused.'
Examines the positive or negative nature of the rape scene in the film 'The Accused,' to consider what else it at stake in what remains one of popular culture's foundational representations of rape. Film's storyline; Duties of a bystander; Film's relation to the public fascination with real-life st...
| Published in: | Canadian Review of American Studies Vol. 30; no. 1; pp. 1 - 22 |
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University of Toronto Press
2000
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| Summary: | Examines the positive or negative nature of the rape scene in the film 'The Accused,' to consider what else it at stake in what remains one of popular culture's foundational representations of rape. Film's storyline; Duties of a bystander; Film's relation to the public fascination with real-life stories of rape; Feminist responses to the film. |
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