Up Against The Looking Glass! Heterosexual Rape as Homosexual Epiphany in "The Accused"

Even assuming that there is some genuine information about an outrageous social situation transferred by a fictional film, the form of the experience still leaves us wondering just what course of action there is for the spectator to take in response to whatever imperative the film seems to have kind...

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Published inLiterature film quarterly Vol. 17; no. 4; pp. 214 - 223
Main Authors Riggs, Larry W., Willoquet, Paula
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Salisbury, Md Salisbury State College 01.01.1989
Salisbury University
Subjects
Gays & lesbians
Homosexuality
Men
Motion picture industry
Motion pictures
Movies
Narratives
Pinball games
Postman, Neil
Rape
Rapists
Sexual violence
Violence against women
New York
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Summary:Even assuming that there is some genuine information about an outrageous social situation transferred by a fictional film, the form of the experience still leaves us wondering just what course of action there is for the spectator to take in response to whatever imperative the film seems to have kindled. Contemporary critics of literature and other forms of "text" or narrative representation tell us that seeming gaps in the smooth surface of the work, or loose threads in its weave, are clues to the presence of ambiguities that may be examined fruitfully (Schauber and Spolsky, 165).\n Any narrative, indeed any discourse, makes distinctions, excludes and includes, and therefore establishes a community.
ISSN:0090-4260
2573-7597