Rape
(see also Misogyny, War vs. Women, Pornography, Sexual Harassment & Domestic Violence)
Basics:
On the Web: Articles
On the Web: Specialized Sites
National Clearinghouse on Marital & Date Rape
Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN)
Stop
Prisoner Rape
In the Library: Articles
In the Library: Non-Fiction Books:
Adler, Zsuzsanna. Rape on Trial (NY: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1987).
Allen, Beverly. Rape Warfare: The Hidden Genocide in Bosnia-Herzegovina & Croatia (Minneapolis: U. Minnesota, 1996).
Allison, Julie A. & Lawrence S. Wrightsman. Rape, the Misunderstood Crime (Newbury Park CA: Sage, 1993).
Amnesty International. Rape & Sexual Abuse: Torture & Ill Treatment of Women in Detention (NY, 1992).
Asia Watch. Rape in Kashmir: A Crime of War (NY: Human Rights Watch, 1993).
Barstow, Anne Llewellyn (ed.) War’s Dirty Secret: Rape, Prostitution & other Crimes Against Women (?,200?).
Bayer, Edward J. Rape Within Marriage: A Moral Analysis Delayed (Lanham MD: University Press of America, 1985).
Bevacqua, Maria. Rape on the Public Agenda: Feminism & the Politics of Sexual Assault (Boston: Northeastern U, 2000).
Burgess, Anne Wolbert & Lynda Little Holmstrom. Rape: Victims of Crisis (?: R.J. Brady, 1974).
__________. Rape & Sexual Assault III: A Research Handbook (NY: Garland, 1991).
Burgess-Jackson, Keith. Rape: A Philosophical Investigation (Brookfield VT: Dartmouth, 1996).
Cahill, Ann J. Rethinking Rape (Ithaca: Cornell, 2001).
Clark, Lorenne M.G. & Debra J. Lewis. Rape: The Price of Coercive Sexuality (Toronto: Women's Press, 1977).
Cuklanz, Lisa M. Rape on Trial: How the Mass Media Construct Legal Reform & Social Change (Philadelphia: U. Pennsylvania, 1996).
__________. Rape on Prime Time: Television, Masculinity & Sexual Violence (Philadelphia: U. Pennsylvania, 2000).
Dahl, Solveig. Rape: A Hazard to Health (NY: Oxford, 1993).
Estrich, Susan. Real Rape (Cambridge MA: Harvard, 1987).
Frederick, Sharon & the Aware Committee on Rape. Rape: Weapon of Terror (River Edge NJ: Association of Women for Action & Research, 2001).
French, Stanley G.; Wanda Teays & Laura M. Purdy (eds.) Violence Against Women: Philosophical Perspectives (Ithaca: Cornell, 1998).
Gilligan, James. Violence. Reflections on a National Epidemic (NY, 1996).
Gilmartin, Pat. Rape, Incest & Child Sexual Abuse: Consequences & Recovery (NY: Garland, 1994).
Griffin, Susan. Rape, the Politics of Consciousness [1979] (3rd. rev. ed.; San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1986).
Hall, Rob. Rape in America: A Reference Handbook (Santa Barbara CA: ABC-CLIO, 1995).
Harris, Miriam Kalman (ed.) Rape, Incest, Battery: Women Writing Out the Pain (Fort Worth: Texas Christian U, 2000).
Higgins, Lynda A. & Brenda R. Silver (eds.) Rape & Representation (NY: Columbia, 1991).
Jammu & Kashmir Human Rights Awareness & Documentation Centre. Rape & Molestation: A Weapon of War in Kashmir (Srinagar: Institute of Kashmir Studies, 1998).
Jefferson, LaShawn R. Rape in Haiti: A Weapon of Terror (NY: Human Rights Watch, 1994).
Koss, Mary P. & Others. No Safe Haven: Male Violence Against Women At Home, At Work, & In the Community (Washington: American Psychological Association, 1994).
LaFree, Gary. Rape & Criminal Justice: The Social Construction of Sexual Assault (Belmont CA: Wadsworth, 1989).
Ludwig, Frederick. Rape & the Law: The Crime & Its Proof (NY: Equal Justice Institute, 1977).
Lynch, W. Ware. Rape! One Victim's Story (Chicago: Follett, 1974).
Macdonald, John M. Rape Offenders & their Victims (Springfield IL: Thomas, 1971).
__________. Rape: Controversial Issues.Criminal Profiles, Date Rape, False Reports & False Memories (Springfield IL: Charles C. Thomas, 1995).
Marsh, Jeanne C.; Alison Geist & Nathan Caplan. Rape & the Limits of Law Reform (Boston: Auburn, 1982).
McCombie, Sharon L. The Rape Crisis Intervention Handbook: A Guide for Victim Care (NY: Plenum, 1980).
New York Radical Feminists. Rape: The First Sourcebook for Women (NY: New American Library, 1974).
Quina, Kathryn & Nancy L. Carlson. Rape, Incest & Sexual Harassment: A Guide for Helping Survivors (NY: Praeger, 1989).
Russell, Diana E.H. Rape in Marriage [1982] (rev. ed.; Bloomington: Indiana U, 1990).
__________. Dangerous Relationships: Pornography, Misogyny & Rape (Thousand Oaks
CA: Sage, 1998).
Sanders, William B. Rape & Women's Identity (Beverly Hills: Sage, 1980).
Scholtz, Susanne. Rape Plots: A Feminist Culture Study of Genesis 34 (NY: Peter Lang, 2000).
Schwendinger, Julia R.& Herman Schwendinger. Rape & Inequality (Beverly Hills: Sage, 1983).
Searles, Patricia & Ronald J. Berger. Rape & Society: Readings on the Problem of Sexual Assault (Boulder: Westview, 1995).
Spohn, Cassia & Julie Horney. Rape Law Reform: A Grassroots Revolution & its Impact (NY: Plenum, 1992).
Stan, Adele M. (ed.) Debating Sexual Correctness: Pornography, Sexual Harassment, Date Rape & the Politics of Sexual Equality (NY: Delta, 1996).
Taslitz, Andrew E. Rape & the Culture of the Courtroom (NY: NYU, 1999).
Tomaselli, Sylvana & Roy Porter (eds.) Rape (NY: Blackwell, 1986).
Veeraraghavan, Vimala. Rape & Victims of Rape: A Socio-Psychological Analysis (New Delhi: Northern Book Centre, 1987).
Wood, Jim. The Rape of Inez Garcia
(NY: Putnam, 1976).
In the Library: Fiction
In the Library: Poetry
In the Library: Photography
CD & Audio:
Film & Video:
"The Rape" [1965], dir. Dino Dimopoulos, 85m.
"Rape as a Weapon of War" [1993], by Globalvision with Thirteen-WNET, 27m. From International Center for Global Communications.
"Rape by Any Name" [1990], by Women Make Movies, 60m.
"Rape Culture" [1983], dirs. Margaret Lazarus & Wenner Wunderlich, 35m. From Cambridge Documentary Films.
"Rape: Face to Face" [1982], by KCTS 9 & Face to Face Productions, 57m. From Filmakers Library..
"Rape Is..." [2002], dirs. Margaret Lazarus & Wenner Wunderlich, 34m. From Cambridge Documentary Films.
"Silent Witness" (1985), dir. Michael Miller, ?m.
"Things Behind the Sun" [2001], dir. Allison Anders, 120m. In video stores. Focuses on rape & its devastating psychological consequences for both victim & perpetrator.