Reading Crime through a Gender Lens
Intersections of Shame, Women's Alcohol Consumption and Sexual Vulnerability in a Crime Novel by Sarah Lotz
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14962004 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Murray (0000-0001-8383-2459, Russian State Agrarian Correspondence University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 210-219 |
| Publication date | 2013-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Current Writing (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1013-929X • E-ISSN: 2159-9130 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1013929x.2013.833424 |
| OpenAlex | W1999153498 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 26 |
The representation of rape in crime fiction enables readers and scholars to consider issues of women's sexual victimisation and agency. Alcohol consumption plays a significant role in a large proportion of rape cases. When women are sexually assaulted after they had been drinking, shame shapes the ways in which the women, as well as society at large, engage with the sexual violence. This article explores how Sarah Lotz represents the gendered intersections of shame, women's drinking and sexual vulnerability in her crime novel, Exhibit A. The analysis reveals how shame operates to discredit and silence a female character in the aftermath of sexual assault by blaming her for her own victimisation
Alcohol · Alcohol consumption · Art · Computer security · Criminology · Medical emergency · Poison control · Shame · Silence · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Victimisation · Crime and Detective Fiction Studies · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Gender Studies · Gothic Literature and Media Analysis · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
Acquaintance Rape and Alcohol Consumption on College Campuses
Controversies in Victimology
South Africa and Zimbabwe
“Once you get a reputation, your life's like … ‘wrecked’”
Changing trends and the impact of alcohol on the HIV/Aids epidemic in South Africa
Narrating student life in a time of risk
Too Ashamed to Report
Shame comes out of the closet
Taking a Chance
Alcohol is my friend’
The Demon Drink and the Demonized Woman
More Intimate Than Violence
Perception of sexual intent
I'm sexually attractive but I'm powerful”
The political ecology of alcohol as “disaster” in South Africa’s Western Cape
Moral affect
Writing Crime in the New South Africa
Making Sense of Sexual Consent
Showing Roughness in a Beautiful Way
Where 'angels' and 'wusses' fear to tread
Every Time I Do It I Absolutely Annihilate Myself
The Reporting of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault by Nonstrangers to the Police
| Citations per year | 0.18 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2016 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |