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- Title
Sexual Property: Staging Rape and Marriage in Indian Law and Feminist Theory.
- Authors
Basu, Srimati
- Abstract
The article discusses legislation concerning rape in India. According to the author, rape laws are deeply rooted in systems of exchange which define sex as a kind of property necessary for women to access the material benefits of marriage. It is suggested that the system's emphasis on women's victimhood and the government's protection is frustrating to feminists even while the criminalization and prosecution of sexual violence is in itself important progress. Topics discussed include consent, a 2004 rape case involving actors Rudranil Ghosh and Oindrila Chakraborty, and feminist jurisprudence.
- Subjects
INDIA; RAPE laws; PROPERTY; LAW &; feminism; ANTI-rape movement; FEMALE rape victims; RAPE; TRIALS (Rape); SEXUAL consent; CHAKRABORTY, Oindrila; GHOSH, Rudranil; LAW of India
- Publication
Feminist Studies, 2011, Vol 37, Issue 1, p185
- ISSN
0046-3663
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/fem.2011.0018