Rape has been perpetrated throughout history and worldwide, and today ours has been called a rape culture, because sexual violence, mainly against women and children, is prevalent and tolerated to some extent. The Encyclopedia of Rape offers 185 entries in an A-to-Z essay format covering the historical scope and magnitude of the issue in the United States and globally. Written by a host of scholars from diverse fields, it provides informed perspectives on the key dimensions of the topic, from concepts, social movements, offenders, high-profile cases, legislation, influential activists, landmark texts, and victimology to representations in literature and art. This solid, accessible ready-reference will allow students and the general reader to contextualize current events and reading and viewing in history, literature and the Bible, film, art history, gender studies, psychology, criminology, popular culture, and more.

强奸行为在历史上和世界各地都有发生，今天我们的被称为强奸文化，因为主要针对妇女和儿童的性暴力在某种程度上是普遍存在和被容忍的。强奸百科全书》以A到Z的文章形式提供了185个条目，涵盖了美国和全球的历史范围和问题的严重性。该书由来自不同领域的众多学者撰写，对该主题的关键层面提供了明智的观点，从概念、社会运动、犯罪者、引人注目的案件、立法、有影响力的活动家、里程碑式的文本和受害者学到文学和艺术中的表现。这本扎实、易懂的参考书将使学生和普通读者能够将当前的事件以及历史、文学和圣经、电影、艺术史、性别研究、心理学、犯罪学、流行文化等方面的阅读和观看结合起来。