Sexual Violence in History: A Bibliography

compiled by Stefan Blaschke

Contact

+ Contact Form


Search

+ Search Form


Introduction

+ Aims & Scope

+ Structure

+ History


Announcements

+ Updates

+ Calls for Papers

+ New Lectures

+ New Publications


Alphabetical Index

+ Author Index

+ Speaker Index


Chronological Index

+ Ancient History

+ Medieval History

+ Modern History


Geographical Index

+ African History

+ American History

+ Asian History

+ European History

+ Oceanian History


Topical Index

+ Prosecution

+ Cases

+ Types

+ Offenders

+ Victims

+ Society

+ Research

+ Representations


Resources

+ Institutions

+ Literature Search

+ Research

Start: Topical Index: Representations: Films: 20th Century:

Representations: Films:
BOYS DON'T CRY

I n f o r m a t i o n

»Boys Don't Cry is a 1999 American biographical film directed by Kimberly Peirce, and co-written by Peirce and Andy Bienen. The film is a dramatization of the real-life story of Brandon Teena (played by Hilary Swank), an American trans man who attempts to find himself and love in Nebraska but falls victim to a brutal hate crime perpetrated by two male acquaintances.« -- More information: Wikipedia



K e y w o r d s

I. Chronological Index: Modern History: 20th Century | II. Geographical Index: American History: U.S. History | III. Topical Index: Cases: Real Victims: Brandon Teena; Types: Purpose: Corrective Rape; Victims: Age and Gender: Trans Men



B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

[Info] Bleackley, Deborah A. Representing Rape: A Semiotic Analysis of Rape Myths in Three Popular Films. M.A. Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2004.

[Info] Cahill, Ann J. »Boys Don't Get Raped.« Rape in Art Cinema. Edited by Dominique Russell. New York 2010: 113-128.

[Info] Gieni, Justine. Gender Dis-Ease: Representations of Masculine Hysteria in Narratives of Sexual Trauma. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Saskatchewan, 2012.

[Info] James, Deveryle. “A Zoo of Lust ... A Harem of Fondled Hatreds”: Interrogating Sexual Violence Against Women in Film 1915-2003. Ph.D. Thesis, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2008.

[Info] James, Deveryle. “A Zoo of Lusts ... A Harem of Fondled Hatreds”: An Historical Interrogation of Sexual Violence against Women in Film. Newcastle upon Tyne 2011.

[Info] Koch, Angela. Ir/reversible Bilder: Zur Visualisierung und Medialisierung von sexueller Gewalt. Berlin 2015.

[Info] Koch, Angela. »Brandon Teena – Fiktionalisierung und Fiktion der sexuellen Gewalt.« Sexuelle Gewalt im Film. Edited by Jochem Kotthaus. Weinheim 2015: 288-304.

[Info] Poole, Ralph J. »Sexuelle Gewalt gegen lesbische, schwule und transgender Charaktere im Mainstreamfilm. Sexuelle Gewalt im Film. Edited by Jochem Kotthaus. Weinheim 2015: 268-287.

[Info] Poole, Ralph J. »“Rise like two angels in the night”: Sexualized Violence against Queers in American Film.« European Journal of American Studies 13 (2018).

II. Speaker Index

[Info] Hagelin, Sarah. »Sexual Violence and Queer Vulnerability in Boys Don't Cry.« Annual Meeting of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies. Philadelphia 2008.