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Introduction: Representing Domestic Violence, Regalvanizing the Revolution

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This chapter introduces the three critical contexts for this discussion of domestic violence films (domestic abuse post-awareness, postfeminism, and film genres), summarizes primary concepts in domestic violence literature, discusses the legacy of The Burning Bed as a major contemporary media representation of abuse, and previews subsequent chapters.

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Shoos, D.L. (2017). Introduction: Representing Domestic Violence, Regalvanizing the Revolution. In: Domestic Violence in Hollywood Film. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65064-7_1

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