Cultural and legal accounts of rape

The present paper attempts to show how rape is represented in a variety of historical and contemporary discourses. Examples of rapes in Greek mythology, in the Bible, in medieval iconography, in literature, and in scientific theories, are compared and contrasted. Analysis suggests that such discours...

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Main Authors: Fernández Villanueva, Concepción, Koulianou-Manolopoulou, Panagiota
Format: Article
Language:Catalan
Published: Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona 2008-11-01
Series:Athenea Digital
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Online Access:http://psicologiasocial.uab.es/athenea/index.php/atheneaDigital/article/view/470