A Kiss is Just a Kiss

Date Rape, Gender and Subjectivity

Datos Bibliográficos

ID18985396
AutoresW Hollway (0000-0001-7739-9900, University of Leeds, autor de correspondencia), Tony Jefferson (0000-0002-2050-2521, University of Keele, UK)
Año1998
Volumen1
Número4
Páginas405-423
Fecha de publicación1998-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSexualities (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1363-4607 • E-ISSN: 1461-7382
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/136346098001004002
OpenAlexW2131330715
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas13
Referencias citadas5

In this paper, we problematize the issues of coercion and consent in legal discourse through analysing a British `date rape' court case involving two students. Drawing on the extensive newspaper coverage of the trial, we deconstruct these media accounts, exploring the dominant explanatory frameworks. We propose a reading which combines discursive and psychodynamic analysis in addressing unanswered questions and contradictory evidence. This moves beyond the either/or-ism of guilty and innocent, towards the complex and contradictory gendered identities involved in heterosexual relating in this case. Concluding comments summarize the implications both for a theory of subjectivity and for a contemporary feminist politics of date rape

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