Forgotten Victims of Sexual Violence in Film, Television and New Media

This edited collection provides an intersectional and transnational exploration ofrepresentations of sexual violence and rape within films, television shows, anddigital mediain the contemporary context ofthe #MeToo and #TimesUp movements. Drawingupon sociology, gender studies, cultural studies, media studies, and Blackfeminist studies, chapters focus on women and texts at the margins of mainstreamculture's depictions of sexual violence. The editors and contributors examine thedominant narrative of the thin, cisgender, heterosexual white female victim, andthe ways in which social and cultural conversations around race and genderimpact and are impacted by depictions of sexual violence in media. This book will be of interest to scholars and students in sociology, gender studies, and media studies, particularly those interested in the intersectionality of race and gender. Chapter 1 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.