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Introductory Chapter: Rape Narratives in Motion

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Rape Narratives in Motion

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This book investigates the contemporary processes involved in the telling and hearing of narratives of sexual violence and rape in a number of public arenas: mass media, social media, the courts and the legislative apparatus.

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  1. Faculty of Law, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

    Ulrika Andersson

  2. Section of Gender Studies, Global Political Studies, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden

    Monika Edgren

  3. Department of Gender Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

    Lena Karlsson

  4. Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

    Gabriella Nilsson

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    Ulrika Andersson

  2. Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden

    Monika Edgren

  3. Lund University, Lund, Sweden

    Lena Karlsson

  4. Lund University, Lund, Sweden

    Gabriella Nilsson

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Andersson, U., Edgren, M., Karlsson, L., Nilsson, G. (2019). Introductory Chapter: Rape Narratives in Motion. In: Andersson, U., Edgren, M., Karlsson, L., Nilsson, G. (eds) Rape Narratives in Motion. Palgrave Studies in Crime, Media and Culture. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13852-3_1

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