From victim to vigilante: Gender, violence, and revenge in The Brave One (2007) and Hard Candy (2005)

Rebecca Stringer

doi:10.4324/9780203152416-25

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From victim to vigilante: Gender, violence, and revenge in The Brave One (2007) and Hard Candy (2005)

Rebecca Stringer

Feminism at the Movies: Understanding Gender in Contemporary Popular Cinema, pp.268-282

Routledge, 1st ed.

22/03/2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203152416-25

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While the ethical burden to prevent rape does not lie with us but with rapists and a society which upholds them, we will be waiting a very long time if we wait for men to decide not to rape. To construct a society in which we would know no fear, we may first have to frighten rape culture to death.

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Title: From victim to vigilante: Gender, violence, and revenge in The Brave One (2007) and Hard Candy (2005)
Creators: Rebecca Stringer
Contributors: Hilary Radner (Editor) - University of Otago, Media, Film and Communication
Rebecca Stringer (Editor) - University of Otago, Sociology, Gender Studies and Criminology
Publication Details: Feminism at the Movies: Understanding Gender in Contemporary Popular Cinema, pp.268-282
Academic Unit: Sociology, Gender Studies and Criminology; Media, Film and Communication
Publisher: Routledge
Date published ; e-published: 22/03/2012
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From victim to vigilante: Gender, violence, and revenge in The Brave One (2007) and Hard Candy (2005)

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