Reconstructing Violence: The Southern Rape Complex in Film and Literature

by Deborah Barker

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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"

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