What we talk about when we talk about rape / Sohaila Abdulali.

  • Abdulali, Sohaila
Date:
[2018]
  • Books

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Description

"Sohaila Abdulali was the first Indian survivor to speak out about rape. Gang-raped as a teenager in Bombay and indignant at the deafening silence on the issue in India, she wrote an article for a women's magazine questioning how we perceive rape and rape victims. Thirty years later, she saw the story go viral in the wake of the 2012 Dehli rape case and the global outcry that followed. [...] This book is a literary, thoughtful, provocative and intelligent look at sexual assault and the global discourse on rape."--From jacket.

Publication/Creation

USA : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House ; India : Penguin Random House, [2018]

Physical description

229 pages ; 23 cm

Contributors

Notes

"First published in India in Viking by Penguin Random House India 2018"--From colophon.

Contents

Introduction -- Who am I to talk? -- Shut up or die, crazy bitch -- Totally different, exactly the same -- Yes, no, maybe -- What did you expect? -- Oh, please -- How to save a life -- The Abdulali guidelines for saving a rape survivor's life -- The official version -- Your love is killing me -- A brief pause for horror -- A bagful of dentures -- Teflon Man -- Keys to the kingdom -- A brief pause for fury -- Rx - polite conversation -- All in the family -- A brief pause for confusion -- Stealing freedom, stealing joy -- Lead weights for drowning -- A brief pause for ennui -- The quality of mercy -- Your rape is worse than mine -- Good girls don't -- Rape prevention for beginners -- Boys will... -- A brief pause for terror -- The full catastrophe.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-218) and index.

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    KY.U.23
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780670091775