After the Lovedeath
Subtitle: Sexual Violence and the Making of Culture
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: July 7, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9780520224896
Subjects: Cultural studies; Gender Studies; Sexual behaviour; Social history; Violence in society; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Music; General; Social Science / Gender Studies; Genres & Styles - Opera
First sentence: This book proposes that the forms of selfhood mandated as normal in modern Western culture both promote and rationalize violence against women.