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Reconstructing Violence : The Southern Rape Complex in Film and Literature /

"In this bold study of cinematic depictions of violence in the South, Deborah E. Barker explores the ongoing legacy of the "southern rape complex" in American film. Taking as her starting point D. W. Griffith's infamous The Birth of a Nation, Barker demonstrates how the tropes an...

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Autor principal: Barker, Deborah, 1956- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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