TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - The rape joke as ur-joke
JO  - Studies in gender and sexuality
A1  - Webster, Jamieson
SP  - 269
EP  - 273
VL  - 18
IS  - 4
N2  - In this paper I argue that the rape joke is the joke par excellence. The ur-joke. Jokes speak the truth like dreams and symptoms and errors. The rape joke does not simply speak a truth--the truth about rape, or rapists--its truth is oddly the truth of joking itself and the tragicomedic vicissitudes of human sexuality. This is one way to understand the importance of Vanessa Place's work and its ethical stakes.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1524-0657
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15240657.2017.1383071
ID  - ref1
ER  -