Forget TV, it will never show you the experience of the victim’
Representations of rape in Mindhunter
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15748922 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amy Beddows (London Metropolitan University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 129-137 |
| Publication date | 2019-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Gender-Based Violence (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2398-6808 • E-ISSN: 2398-6816 |
| Publisher | Policy Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1332/239868019x15507504464751 |
| OpenAlex | W2920126671 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
Media depictions of gendered violence often fall in line with negative stereotypes and rape myths. These depictions may influence public understandings of gendered violence and affect societal responses to victims and rape. However, media products such as crime drama can also raise awareness of these issues and be meaningful for victims of violence. The recent Netflix crime drama Mindhunter is analysed in light of these debates and although it presents a progressive, more realistic picture of gendered violence, it omits the voices and perspectives of women and victims
Affect (linguistics · Art · Criminology · Drama · Literature · Mythology · Sociology · Communication · Crime and Detective Fiction Studies · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Psychology · Social Psychology
Surviving sexual violence
A conducive context
Transformations of Public and Private Knowledge
Empowered victims? Women’s contradictory positions in the discourse of violence prevention
The use and opposition of rape myths in prime-time television dramas
Media Culture
Images of Sex and Rape
Framing
Television Violence, Victimization, and Power
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |