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Author Barnett, Pamela E.

Title Dangerous Desire : Literature of Sexual Freedom and Sexual Violence Since the
Published London : Routledge, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (215 pages)
Contents Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Desire and Domination; CHAPTER 2 James Dickey's Deliverance; CHAPTER 3 "The Recurring Dream"; CHAPTER 4 "The Anatomical Fiat"; CHAPTER 5 "Lesbians Are Not Women"; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary This is an important work that calls attention to how post-1960s literary representations of rape have shaped the ways in which both sexual and social freedoms are imagined in American literature and culture
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Subject American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
Sexual freedom in literature.
American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism
African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
African Americans in literature.
Sex crimes in literature.
Liberty in literature.
Rape in literature.
African Americans in literature
African Americans -- Intellectual life
American literature
American literature -- African American authors
Liberty in literature
Rape in literature
Sex crimes in literature
Sexual freedom in literature
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780203313466
0203313461