Citation

Inal T. Continuum J. Media Cult. Stud. 2017; 31(6): 802-819.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/10304312.2017.1287259

PMID

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Abstract

Sexual violence is a pervasive problem that continues to affect many women's lives around the world. The cultural environment enables the continued perpetration of these crimes and the (re)production of these cultural environments as well as their subjects through visual arts, particularly cinema. In this article, the mutually constitutive relationship between the rape culture in Turkey and Turkish cinema, with its particular themes and characters, is explored and described in order to shed light upon the social setting that both produces and consumes the rape-themed movies while normalizing and allowing rape.

Language: en