Title:
What we talk about when we talk about rape / Sohaila Abdulali.
Author:
Abdulali, Sohaila, author.
Publication Information:
New York : New Press, [2018]
©2018
Call Number:
HV6558 .A295 2018
Abstract:
"Drawing on her own experience, her work with hundreds of survivors as the head of a rape crisis center in Boston, and three decades of grappling with rape as a feminist intellectual and writer, Abdulali tackles some of our thorniest questions about rape, articulating the confounding way we account for who gets raped and why--and asking how we want to raise the next generation. In interviews with survivors from around the world we hear moving personal accounts of hard-earned strength, humor, and wisdom that collectively tell the larger story of what rape means and how healing can occur."--Dust jacket flap.
ISBN:
9781620974735
9781620974742
9781912408061
Physical Description:
226 pages ; 20 cm.
Contents:
Introduction -- Who am I to talk? -- Shut up or die, crazy bitch -- Totally different, exactly the same -- Yes, no, maybe -- What did you expect? -- Oh, please -- How to save a life -- The Abdulali guidelines for saving a rape survivor's life -- The official version -- Your love is killing me -- A brief pause for horror -- A bagful of dentures -- Teflon Man -- Keys to the kingdom -- A brief pause for fury -- Rx: polite conversation -- All in the family -- A brief pause for confusion -- STealing freedom, stealing joy -- Lead weights for drowning -- A brief pause for ennui -- The quality of mercy -- Your rape is worse than mine -- Good girls don't -- Rape prevention for beginners -- Boys will... -- A brief pause for terror -- The full catastrophe.
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