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Case Study of Rape in Contemporary China

A Cultural-Historical Analysis of Gender and Power Differentials

Vanguard University

ALLEN F. ANDERSON

Indiana University-Kokomo

Rape is a rarely reported event in contemporary China. In this article, two distinct narratives provided by a victim allow for deconstruction and analysis within sociocultural and historical frames. Analyses are purposely framed within the contexts of culture and history and contextualized within the realities of the victim's life. The authors argue that this rape has as much to do with the victimization of one woman as with those enablements which a patriarchal and phallocentric culture provides for men who use their privilege as a sexual weapon. The narratives also illustrate how a Chinese woman metamorphoses her trauma in ways consistent with Sinitic history and culturally gendered forms of coping. The authors end with a critical assessment of China's efforts to remediate sexual crimes against women.

Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 14, No. 11, 1151-1171 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/088626099014011003


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