Rape and respectability: ideas about sexual violence and social class

Women on low incomes are disproportionately represented among sexual violence survivors, yet feminist research on this topic has paid very little attention to social class. This article blends recent research on class, gender and sexuality with what we know about sexual violence. It is argued that there is a need to engage with classed distinctions between women in terms of contexts for and experiences of sexual violence, and to look at interactions between pejorative constructions of working-class sexualities and how complainants and defendants are perceived and treated. The classed division between the sexual and the feminine, drawn via the notion of respectability, is applied to these issues. This piece is intended to catalyse further research and debate, and raises a number of questions for future work on sexual violence and social class

Hong Kong and the CEPA: the changing fortunes of Hong Kong film production

Hong Kong has long been the centre of Cantonese film-making. Its history from the 1970s to the handover of 1997 has been well documented as the recognition of its role as a supplier of films to the Chinese global diaspora became increasingly apparent. Since 1997, however, its production capability has been governed by the cultural policies of the People's Republic of China (PRC). This essay argues that the recent history, dominated by the different versions of the Closer Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), has been more complex than the simple transformation of Hong Kong into a portal for the PRC. Both Beijing and Hollywood have benefited from Hong Kong's strategic role but the complexity of the development shows no signs of easy prediction for any of the major players. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the opportunities granted to the local Hong Kong film community by the CEPA have led to a complex decade of development that has been profitable for local production but gives few clues to the role of Hong Kong in future Chinese cinema.Arts, Education & Law Group, School of Humanities, Languages and Social SciencesNo Full Tex