Book
Campus sex, campus security / Jennifer Doyle.
Record details
- ISBN: 1584351691
- ISBN: 9781584351696
- Physical Description: 141 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
- Publisher: South Pasadena, CA : Semiotext(e), [2015]
- Distributor: Cambridge, Mass. ; Distributed by the MIT Press, [date of distribution not identified]
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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| Subject: | Rape in universities and colleges. Campus police > Public opinion. College students > Sexual behavior > Attitudes. |
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Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Emily Carr University of Art + Design.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emily Carr University of Art + Design | LB2345.3 .R37 D68 2015 (Text) | 30231094 | Book | Volume hold | Available | - |
- PW Annex Reviews : Publishers Weekly Annex Reviews
In a pointed and deliberately fragmented book-length essay, Doyle explores how modern U.S. campuses are policed, delving into the "discourse of campus rape" along the way. She demonstrates how well-intentioned bureaucratic procedures can transform a campus into a "conflict zone" where students are soaked with pepper spray, a professor is thrown to the ground for jaywalking, and non-white students are singled out to produce ID, among other abuses. Doyle, a Professor of English at UCLA-Riverside, names the 2011â2012 school year the "year of risk management" for American colleges, due to new Department of Education standards for Title IX compliance. These new standards associated a discrimination-free campus with one that felt safe, noted the frequency of sexual assault using now-disputed statistics, and put colleges on notice regarding their responsibilities toward potential victims. Doyle describes how the campus is now viewed as a "hunting ground" to be protected from the "non-affiliate" outsider. While analyzing stories of campus rapes (Penn State), suicides (Rutgers), and pepper sprayings (UC-Davis), Doyle tars administrators with a rather broad brush, saying they are "the last people one would actually trust to know what it means to support a robust... equitable sexual culture." She challenges readers to see abuses of power as forms of sexism on college campuses, and to imagine a more open campus community. (Oct.)
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