Images of rape : the "heroic" tradition and its alternatives / Diane Wolfthal.
Images of rape : the "heroic" tradition and its alternatives / Diane Wolfthal.
Images of rape : the "heroic" tradition and its alternatives / Diane Wolfthal.
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Date
1999.
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N704.94936/2
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English
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xv, 286 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. "Heroic" Rape Imagery -- Ch. 2. Rape Imagery in Medieval Picture Bibles -- Ch. 3. The Children of Mars: Soldiers as Rapists -- Ch. 4. Rape Imagery in the Context of Law: Legal Treatises and Justice Paintings -- Ch. 5. "The Greatest Possible Sorrow": Christine de Pizan and the Representation o...
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
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England
Date Published
1999.
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Images of Rape: The "Heroic" Tradition and Its Alternatives is the first in-depth exploration of rape as it has been portrayed in Western art from the twelfth through seventeenth centuries. Examining the full range of representations, from those that glorify rape to those that condemn it, Diane Wolfthal illuminates the complex web of attitudes towa...
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Images of rape : the "heroic" tradition and its alternatives / Diane Wolfthal.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-275) and index.
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N704.94936/2
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74VvNGRaBw23
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0521794420 (pbk.)
052158311X (hbk.)
9780521794428 (pbk.)
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704.9493641532
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991012977609702626
