Deborah E Barker: 1 book
Reconstructing Violence
The Southern Rape Complex in Film and Literature
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015
In this bold study of cinematic depictions of violence in the south, Deborah E. Barker explores the ongoing legacy of the “southern rape complex” in American film. Taking as her starting point D. W. Griffith’s infamous Birth of a Nation, Barker demonstrates how the tropes and imagery of the...
