Intro; Contents; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introductory Chapter: Rape Narratives in Motion; A Narrative Approach to Sexual Violence; Chapter Overviews-From the Legal Realm to the Media and New Media Spaces; References; 2 Excluding Power from a Narrative: Sexual Harassment in a Criminal Law Reform; Introduction; Theory, Method and Data; The Legislative Process; The Bill; The Parliamentary Committees; Concluding on the Legislative Process; Case Law: Sexual Molestation; Conclusions; References; 3 Conditional Vulnerability: Rape Narratives in Swedish Courts, 1990-2014; Introduction

Rape, Vulnerability, and Agency: Theoretical ConsiderationsCase Selection and the Narrative Approach; Narratives of Female Vulnerability in Five Court Cases; An Agent Free to Exploit Her Body May Be Vulnerable Too; From Weak Victim to Robust Agency and Back Again; A Narrative Strategy Creates "Bitter Woman" Agency; From Robust Agency to Vulnerable Victim via a Trauma Discourse; Notions of Mutuality Construct Liberal Agency; Conclusion; References; 4 Narratives, Credibility and Adversarial Justice in English and Welsh Rape Trials; Introduction; The English and Welsh Criminal Justice System

(In)Equality in the English and Welsh Justice SystemObserving Justice: Rape Trial Research; Trial Narratives and Credibility; Narrative 1: Complainants Are Delusional Because They Are Damaged; Narrative 2: Complainants Are Deceitful Because They Were Scorned; Narrative 3: Complainants Are Untrustworthy Because They Are "Childlike Divas" or "Capricious Princesses"; Why Use Gendered Narratives in English and Welsh Trials?; The Adversarial Imperative to Win and a Belief in Rationality; The Burden of Proof and a Focus on Complainant Credibility; Conclusion; References

5 The Visible Vagina: Swedish Legal Narratives About Rape Through the Lens of Gender, Place and VulnerabilityIntroduction; Theoretical and Methodological Approach; Swedish Rape Law; The Cases; Rape, Gender, Place and Vulnerability; Conclusion; References; 6 Narrating the Moral Geography of Rape in Swedish Newspapers; Introduction; Analytical Framework; The Two Cases; Crossing Boundaries; Walking in Line; Being in Place; Invading Space; Conclusion; References; 7 Who Is the "Real" Victim? Race and Gender in the Trial of an Elite Australian Footballer; The Need for Intersectionality

Representation and Media EthicsMethods; A Victim of Rape or a Victim of Racism? Race and Gender at Odds; Playing the "Race Card": Race Trumps Gender; An "Own Goal"? Racist Stereotypes from the Defence; Conclusion: Towards an Intersectional Approach to Court Reporting; References; 8 Digitised Narratives of Rape: Disclosing Sexual Violence Through Pain Memes; Sexual Scripts and Affective Platform Vernaculars; Platform Affordance, Architecture and Vernaculars; Narrating Rape Through "Pain Memes"; Dominant Narratives of Rape; The Banality of Rape; Worthy Victims; The Second Assault