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1|Contents|6
1|Notes on Contributors|8
1|1 Introductory Chapter: Rape Narratives in Motion|11
2|A Narrative Approach to Sexual Violence|15
2|Chapter Overviews—From the Legal Realm to the Media and New Media Spaces|19
2|References|23
1|2 Excluding Power from a Narrative: Sexual Harassment in a Criminal Law Reform|27
2|Introduction|27
2|Theory, Method and Data|30
2|The Legislative Process|32
3|The Bill|32
3|The Parliamentary Committees|38
3|Concluding on the Legislative Process|39
2|Case Law: Sexual Molestation|40
2|Conclusions|45
2|References|48
1|3 Conditional Vulnerability: Rape Narratives in Swedish Courts, 1990–2014|52
2|Introduction|52
2|Rape, Vulnerability, and Agency: Theoretical Considerations|55
2|Case Selection and the Narrative Approach|56
2|Narratives of Female Vulnerability in Five Court Cases|58
3|An Agent Free to Exploit Her Body May Be Vulnerable Too|58
3|From Weak Victim to Robust Agency and Back Again|60
3|A Narrative Strategy Creates “Bitter Woman” Agency|63
3|From Robust Agency to Vulnerable Victim via a Trauma Discourse|67
3|Notions of Mutuality Construct Liberal Agency|70
2|Conclusion|73
2|References|74
1|4 Narratives, Credibility and Adversarial Justice in English and Welsh Rape Trials|79
2|Introduction|79
2|The English and Welsh Criminal Justice System|81
3|(In)Equality in the English and Welsh Justice System|82
2|Observing Justice: Rape Trial Research|85
2|Trial Narratives and Credibility|86
3|Narrative 1: Complainants Are Delusional Because They Are Damaged|86
3|Narrative 2: Complainants Are Deceitful Because They Were Scorned|92
3|Narrative 3: Complainants Are Untrustworthy Because They Are “Childlike Divas” or “Capricious Princesses”|95
2|Why Use Gendered Narratives in English and Welsh Trials?|97
3|The Adversarial Imperative to Win and a Belief in Rationality|98
3|The Burden of Proof and a Focus on Complainant Credibility|99
2|Conclusion|102
2|References|103
1|5 The Visible Vagina: Swedish Legal Narratives About Rape Through the Lens of Gender, Place and Vulnerability|108
2|Introduction|108
2|Theoretical and Methodological Approach|111
2|Swedish Rape Law|113
2|The Cases|114
2|Rape, Gender, Place and Vulnerability|118
2|Conclusion|120
2|References|121
1|6 Narrating the Moral Geography of Rape in Swedish Newspapers|126
2|Introduction|126
2|Analytical Framework|128
2|The Two Cases|130
2|Crossing Boundaries|132
2|Walking in Line|136
2|Being in Place|139
2|Invading Space|143
2|Conclusion|147
2|References|149
1|7 Who Is the “Real” Victim? Race and Gender in the Trial of an Elite Australian Footballer|154
2|The Need for Intersectionality|156
2|Representation and Media Ethics|158
2|Methods|159
2|A Victim of Rape or a Victim of Racism? Race and Gender at Odds|159
2|Playing the “Race Card”: Race Trumps Gender|167
2|An “Own Goal”? Racist Stereotypes from the Defence|169
2|Conclusion: Towards an Intersectional Approach to Court Reporting|171
2|References|173
1|8 Digitised Narratives of Rape: Disclosing Sexual Violence Through Pain Memes|177
2|Sexual Scripts and Affective Platform Vernaculars|178
2|Platform Affordance, Architecture and Vernaculars|181
2|Narrating Rape Through “Pain Memes”|182
2|Dominant Narratives of Rape|186
3|The Banality of Rape|186
3|Worthy Victims|188
3|The Second Assault|189
3|Becoming a Survivor|190
2|Non-dominant Vernaculars|192
2|Conclusions|195
2|References|198
1|9 A New Age of Believing Women? Judging Rape Narratives Online|204
2|Reading Encounters of Testimony and Judgement: Cases and Analysis|206
2|Changing Everything? Social Media and the Persistence of Doubt|209
2|Judging Narratives Online: Investigation and Doubt|212
2|“Appalling” Speech: Narrative Power and Responsibility|216
2|Conclusion|221
2|References|223
1|10 Testimonies in Limbo? Swedish News Media’s Framing of Digital Campaigns Against Sexual Violence|228
2|The Campaigns|230
2|Methodological Concerns|234
2|What’s It About? Events of Speaking Out|236
2|What’s the Source? The Politics of Citation and Authorisation|237
2|Generalisability and Specificity|241
2|Concluding Discussion|245
2|References|247
1|11 The Persistence of a Masculine Point of View in Public Narratives About Rape|251
2|Narratives About Rape Through the Lens of a ‘Masculine Point of View’|252
2|Mobilizing Rape for Other Political Agendas|256
2|Conclusion|257
2|References|258
1|Index|260
1|Notes on Contributors|8
1|1 Introductory Chapter: Rape Narratives in Motion|11
2|A Narrative Approach to Sexual Violence|15
2|Chapter Overviews—From the Legal Realm to the Media and New Media Spaces|19
2|References|23
1|2 Excluding Power from a Narrative: Sexual Harassment in a Criminal Law Reform|27
2|Introduction|27
2|Theory, Method and Data|30
2|The Legislative Process|32
3|The Bill|32
3|The Parliamentary Committees|38
3|Concluding on the Legislative Process|39
2|Case Law: Sexual Molestation|40
2|Conclusions|45
2|References|48
1|3 Conditional Vulnerability: Rape Narratives in Swedish Courts, 1990–2014|52
2|Introduction|52
2|Rape, Vulnerability, and Agency: Theoretical Considerations|55
2|Case Selection and the Narrative Approach|56
2|Narratives of Female Vulnerability in Five Court Cases|58
3|An Agent Free to Exploit Her Body May Be Vulnerable Too|58
3|From Weak Victim to Robust Agency and Back Again|60
3|A Narrative Strategy Creates “Bitter Woman” Agency|63
3|From Robust Agency to Vulnerable Victim via a Trauma Discourse|67
3|Notions of Mutuality Construct Liberal Agency|70
2|Conclusion|73
2|References|74
1|4 Narratives, Credibility and Adversarial Justice in English and Welsh Rape Trials|79
2|Introduction|79
2|The English and Welsh Criminal Justice System|81
3|(In)Equality in the English and Welsh Justice System|82
2|Observing Justice: Rape Trial Research|85
2|Trial Narratives and Credibility|86
3|Narrative 1: Complainants Are Delusional Because They Are Damaged|86
3|Narrative 2: Complainants Are Deceitful Because They Were Scorned|92
3|Narrative 3: Complainants Are Untrustworthy Because They Are “Childlike Divas” or “Capricious Princesses”|95
2|Why Use Gendered Narratives in English and Welsh Trials?|97
3|The Adversarial Imperative to Win and a Belief in Rationality|98
3|The Burden of Proof and a Focus on Complainant Credibility|99
2|Conclusion|102
2|References|103
1|5 The Visible Vagina: Swedish Legal Narratives About Rape Through the Lens of Gender, Place and Vulnerability|108
2|Introduction|108
2|Theoretical and Methodological Approach|111
2|Swedish Rape Law|113
2|The Cases|114
2|Rape, Gender, Place and Vulnerability|118
2|Conclusion|120
2|References|121
1|6 Narrating the Moral Geography of Rape in Swedish Newspapers|126
2|Introduction|126
2|Analytical Framework|128
2|The Two Cases|130
2|Crossing Boundaries|132
2|Walking in Line|136
2|Being in Place|139
2|Invading Space|143
2|Conclusion|147
2|References|149
1|7 Who Is the “Real” Victim? Race and Gender in the Trial of an Elite Australian Footballer|154
2|The Need for Intersectionality|156
2|Representation and Media Ethics|158
2|Methods|159
2|A Victim of Rape or a Victim of Racism? Race and Gender at Odds|159
2|Playing the “Race Card”: Race Trumps Gender|167
2|An “Own Goal”? Racist Stereotypes from the Defence|169
2|Conclusion: Towards an Intersectional Approach to Court Reporting|171
2|References|173
1|8 Digitised Narratives of Rape: Disclosing Sexual Violence Through Pain Memes|177
2|Sexual Scripts and Affective Platform Vernaculars|178
2|Platform Affordance, Architecture and Vernaculars|181
2|Narrating Rape Through “Pain Memes”|182
2|Dominant Narratives of Rape|186
3|The Banality of Rape|186
3|Worthy Victims|188
3|The Second Assault|189
3|Becoming a Survivor|190
2|Non-dominant Vernaculars|192
2|Conclusions|195
2|References|198
1|9 A New Age of Believing Women? Judging Rape Narratives Online|204
2|Reading Encounters of Testimony and Judgement: Cases and Analysis|206
2|Changing Everything? Social Media and the Persistence of Doubt|209
2|Judging Narratives Online: Investigation and Doubt|212
2|“Appalling” Speech: Narrative Power and Responsibility|216
2|Conclusion|221
2|References|223
1|10 Testimonies in Limbo? Swedish News Media’s Framing of Digital Campaigns Against Sexual Violence|228
2|The Campaigns|230
2|Methodological Concerns|234
2|What’s It About? Events of Speaking Out|236
2|What’s the Source? The Politics of Citation and Authorisation|237
2|Generalisability and Specificity|241
2|Concluding Discussion|245
2|References|247
1|11 The Persistence of a Masculine Point of View in Public Narratives About Rape|251
2|Narratives About Rape Through the Lens of a ‘Masculine Point of View’|252
2|Mobilizing Rape for Other Political Agendas|256
2|Conclusion|257
2|References|258
1|Index|260