1st Edition
Athletes, Sexual Assault, and Trials by Media Narrative Immunity
Introduction. 1. The Story of Rape: Narrating Sexual Assault Involving Footballers 2. Narrative Immunity: Patterns of Deflecting Blame 3. Narrative Exile: Silencing the Feminine 4. The Male Footballer’s Imaginary Body: Legitimating Sexual Violence 5. Rape Is Not a Team Sport: Militarism, Alcohol and Team Bonding. Postscript: Andrew Lovett, the Outsider Who Proves the Rule. 6. The Official Story: Bad Apples, Heroes, and (Naughty) Little Boys. 7. Fighting Words: Alternative Strategies for Narrating Sexual Assault. Conclusion: Breaking the Différend. Afterword: The End of an Affair. Appendix 1: Reported cases of footballer sexual assault, 1998 - 2011. Appendix 2: Tables of cited television programs. Appendix 3: AFL and NRL clubs and nicknames. Appendix 4: Glossary of Australian news outlets.
Biography
Deb Waterhouse-Watson is an Associate Lecturer in the School of English, Communications and Performance Studies at Monash University, Australia. She is the author of Playing Defence in Sexual Assault "Trial by Media": The Male Footballer’s Imaginary Body, and Framing the Victim: Sexual Assault and Australian Footballers on Television.
