How Long to Read Compelling Engagements

How Long Does it Take to Read Compelling Engagements?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 20 minutes to read Compelling Engagements by Wendy Larcombe

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

After decades of rape law reform, it is still being argued that the criminal justice system fails rape victims, that too few cases are prosecuted and too few prosecutions result in conviction. Compelling Engagements is a ground-breaking work which investigates the narratives of rape law and of romance fiction, and explores the outmoded and strikingly similar depictions of their normative female subjects. These are women who are not only vulnerable but also evidently worthy of the protections or rewards promised: punishment of the rapist or the hero's love. Larcombe's analysis explores: the definitions of "rape" in the criminal law and "romance" in Harlequin Mills and Boon fiction; the feminine subjects represented in the texts of rape law and romance fiction; the feminised subject positions the texts produce: the rape complainant and the romance reader; particular fictionalisations of the rape complainant and the romance reader: the false rape complainant and the ideal romance consumer; and how these fictionalisations serve the interests of the criminal justice system and the romance publishing industry. Larcombe shows how the legal construction of gender and subjectivity in rape law is still working to disempower victims. She suggests feminism's failure to accommodate women's investment in heroines of romance fiction has limited their effectiveness in transforming rape law. Compelling Engagements is an original and engaging analysis, and fascinating reading for anyone who deals with rape as part of the criminal justice system.

How long is Compelling Engagements?

Compelling Engagements by Wendy Larcombe is 196 pages long, and a total of 50,176 words.

This makes it 66% the length of the average book. It also has 61% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Compelling Engagements Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 34 minutes to read Compelling Engagements aloud.

What Reading Level is Compelling Engagements?

Compelling Engagements is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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