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Carrie A. Rentschler is a scholar of feminist media studies and associate professor at McGill University located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[1] Rentschler's work focuses on how media produces culture and its effects on women's lives and the reproduction of rape culture. She advocates anti-violence through the production of media to reduce violent crime.
Carrie A. Rentschler is a William Dawson Scholar in Feminist Media studies. She was the director of the Institute for Gender, Sexuality and Feminist studies at McGill University from 2011 to 2015.[1][2][3] At the Institute, Rentschler teaches courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. These courses include feminist media studies, media and the politics of emotion and affect, cultural studies of news, crime/media/culture, and feminist theories and methods.[1] Rentschler earned her BA magna cum laude in Humanities from the University of Minnesota in 1994, she received both her MA and PhD in Communications from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1998 and 2002 respectively.[1]
Research interestsedit
Rentschler's research interests center around media, pertaining to media as a cultural producer in representations of physical victimization and psychological trauma, and how these representations serve to inform viewers opinions about war, terrorism, citizenship and crime.[1] She pays particular focus as to how these issues specifically impact women's lives. Several examples of Rentschler conducting feminist research include, the disproportionate criminalization and incarceration of women of colour in the justice system,[1] as well as her research into using social media as a tool to inform, empower women and expose the perpetrators of rape culture, in an effort to halt the perpetuation of rape culture.[4] Rentschler also believes that women may feel more empowered by engaging in self-defense strategies.[1]
Notable workedit
Rentschler's 2014 article called "Rape Culture and the Feminist Politics of Social Media" provides an overview of how a younger generation of feminists is combating rape culture primarily through social media. According to the paper, this movement has given more attention to street harassment, rape jokes and in some cases sexual assault than what is often present in reports by the police, mainstream news media and school authorities.[5] Rentschler notes that some women are posting pictures of their harassers, often taken with their cell phones, out of solidarity and so that other women can be forewarned. She goes on to argue that such practices can reduce the feelings of victimization and helplessness. This leads to the statement that younger women are more likely to rely on their cell phones as personal devices of safety than pepper spray and whistles.[4]
In 2019, Rentschler provided testimony in support of the Nova Scotia Registrar of Motor Vehicles and their previous decision to revoke a license plate bearing the last name of its owner Lorne Grabher. She said "as someone seeing this licence plate, you would have no idea this is a name" and argued that its approval would lead to conditions that are conducive to sexual harassment.[6][7]
Rentschler's first book called Second Wounds: Victim's Rights and the Media in the U.S. was published by Duke University Press in 2011.[1]Second Wounds focuses on sensationalized reports that cover crime stories in a way that is alienating toward victims. Examples of this include stories that give undue publicity to the perpetrator.[8] Rentschler's work explores this in the context of secondary victimization in which survivors of sexual assault can have their trauma exacerbated by institutional neglect on the part of police and court officers.[9] Her second book, Girlhood and the Politics of Place was released in 2016 under a Creative Commons license.[10] In between the two publications, Rentschler discussed the 1964 murder of Kitty Genovese as a topic for upcoming work about the bystander effect.[1]
Personal viewsedit
Rentschler advocates for an anti-violence rather than a crime control model in reducing crime. This means that people can learn about the sources of certain social problems and the necessary social steps for prevention, to reduce the chances of the crime occurring in the first place. One example is feminist intervention in domestic violence; by using media such as television commercials, and posters on college campuses offering help for those in need, people may be more likely to seek assistance and become more informed of the issues, which can be a step forward in reducing its overall incidence.[9]
Published worksedit
Books
Girlhood Studies and the Politics of Place: Contemporary Paradigms of Research. Under contract at Berghahn Press, with co-editor Claudia Mitchell (2016).
Second Wounds: Victims' Rights and the Media in the U.S. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2011.
Articles
"Rape Culture and the Feminist Politics of Social Media" accepted for publication in Girlhood Studies: An International Journal, for special issue 6(2) (2013).
"Distributed Activism: Domestic Violence and Feminist Media Infrastructure in the Fax Age" accepted for publication in Communication, Culture & Critique 8:2 (2014).
"An Urban Physiognomy of the 1964 Kitty Genovese Murder," Space & Culture 14:3 (2011), 310–329.
"The Physiognomic Turn," International Journal of Communication 4 (2010): 1–6. "Trauma Training and the Reparative Work of Journalism." Cultural Studies 24:4 (2010): 447–477.
"Sarah Palin, Sexual Anomalies and Historical Analogues." Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies 4:3 (November 2008), 1863 words. Available online at: http://liminalities.net/4-3/palin.html.
"Risky Assignments: Sexing 'Security' in Hostile Environment Reporting." Feminist Media Studies 7:3 (2007), 257–279.
"Victims' Rights and the Struggle over Crime in the Media." Canadian Journal of Communication, 32:2 (2007), 239–259.
"Review Essay: Militarized Media at War and at Home." The Communication Review 9:1(2006), 143–154, non-refereed.
"Introduction: States of Insecurity and the Gendered Politics of Fear" (co-authored with Carol A. Stabile) National Women's Studies Association Journal 17:3 (2005), viixxv.
"Witnessing: U.S. Citizenship and the Vicarious Experience of Suffering" Media, Culture and Society 26:2 (2004), 296–304. "Designing Fear: Environmental Security and Violence against Women" Cultural Studies: A Research Annual 5 (2000), 281–307.
"Technologies of Bystanding: Learning to See Like a Bystander" accepted for publication in Shaping Inquiry in Culture, Communication and Media Studies, ed. Barbie Zelizer. Routledge (October 3, 2013).
"From Danger to Trauma: Affective Labor and the Journalistic Discourse of Witness." In Media Witnessing: Testimony in the Age of Mass Communication, ed. Paul Frosh
"Securing Profits." In Collective Action: A Bad Subjects Anthology, ed. Joel Schalit and Megan Shaw Prelinger. London: Pluto Press (2004), pp. 198–205.
"Designing Fear: How Environmental Security Protects Property at the Expense of People." In Foucault, Cultural Studies and Governmentality, eds. Jack Bratich, Jeremy Packer and Cameron McCarthy. Albany: SUNY Press (2003), pp. 243–272.
"Expanding the Definition of Media Activism." In Blackwell Companion to Media Studies, ed. Angharad Valdivia. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers (2003), pp. 529–547.
Edited Journals
"Doing Feminism: Event, Archive, Techné." Co-editor, with Samantha Thrift, of a special issue of Feminist Theory, 17:1 (forthcoming April 2016).
"Cultural Studies and the Re-Description of Girlhood in Crisis." Co-editor, with Claudia Mitchell, of a special issue of Girlhood Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal. 6:2 (forthcoming October 2013).
"States of Insecurity and the Gendered Politics of Fear." Co-editor, with Carol Stabile, of a special issue of the NWSA Journal 17:3 (2005).
Reviews
Review of Jennifer Petersen's Murder, Media and the Politics of Public Feelings. (2013). International Journal of Communication 7 (2013): 1514–1517.
"Widows, Mothers and War Children" review of Cynthia Enloe's Nimo's War, Emma's War: Making Feminist Sense of the Iraq War. London Times Higher Education Supplement, August 26, 2010.
Other Publications
"The Confederate Flag in East Montreal" Bad Subjects #74 (January 2006). Online at .
"United We Stand: Fresh Hoagies Daily" with Carol Stabile and Jonathan Sterne, Bad Subjects #59 (February 2002). Online at .
"Securing Profits," Bad Subjects #48 (March 2000). Online at .
"Perpetrate My Fist: Women's Self-Defense as Physical Education for Everyday Life," Bad Subjects #22 (October 1995). Online at .
Reprinted Articles
"Perpetrate My Fist! Women's Self-Defense as Physical Education for Everyday Life," Rain and Thunder: A Radical Feminist Journal of Activism and Discussion (Winter 2003), 6–8.
^ abcdefghi"Carrie Rentschler". McGill University. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
^"Media Scholar Dr. Carrie Rentschler to Speak at VCU" (Press release). Virginia Commonwealth University. College of Humanities & Sciences. n.d. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
^ abRentschler, Carrie (2014). "Rape Culture and the Feminist Politics of Social Media". Girlhood Studies. 7 (1): 65–82. doi:10.3167/ghs.2014.070106. S2CID 144199989.
^Rentschler, Carrie (2014). "Rape Culture and the Feminist Politics of Social Media". Girlhood Studies. 7 (1): 65–82. doi:10.3167/ghs.2014.070106. S2CID 144199989.
^McDonald, Michael (April 25, 2019). "How a court battle over 'Grabher' license plate reflects wider societal debate". CBC. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
^Guillena, Carmen (April 26, 2019). "Grabher case: Feminist media studies prof says plate 'threatening' to women and girls". Chronicle Herald. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
^. Duke Press. Archived from the original on November 18, 2018. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
^ abLynch, Lisa. "Crime reporting in the age of victim's rights: interview with Carrie Rentschler". The Canadian Journalism Project. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
^"Girlhood and the Politics of Place". Berghahn Books. 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
External linksedit
Carrie A. Rentschler in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
The Institute for Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies – Rentschler was the director
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feminist media studies and associate professor at McGill University located in Montreal Quebec Canada 1 Rentschler s work focuses on how media produces culture and its effects on women s lives and the reproduction of rape culture She advocates anti violence through the production of media to reduce violent crime Carrie A RentschlerAlma materUniversity of Minnesota B A University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign M A and PhDOccupation s professor scholar author Contents 1 Background 2 Research interests 3 Notable work 4 Personal views 5 Published works 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksBackground editCarrie A Rentschler is a William Dawson Scholar in Feminist Media studies She was the director of the Institute for Gender Sexuality and Feminist studies at McGill University from 2011 to 2015 1 2 3 At the Institute Rentschler teaches courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels These courses include feminist media studies media and the politics of emotion and affect cultural studies of news crime media culture and feminist theories and methods 1 Rentschler earned her BA magna cum laude in Humanities from the University of Minnesota in 1994 she received both her MA and PhD in Communications from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign in 1998 and 2002 respectively 1 Research interests editRentschler s research interests center around media pertaining to media as a cultural producer in representations of physical victimization and psychological trauma and how these representations serve to inform viewers opinions about war terrorism citizenship and crime 1 She pays particular focus as to how these issues specifically impact women s lives Several examples of Rentschler conducting feminist research include the disproportionate criminalization and incarceration of women of colour in the justice system 1 as well as her research into using social media as a tool to inform empower women and expose the perpetrators of rape culture in an effort to halt the perpetuation of rape culture 4 Rentschler also believes that women may feel more empowered by engaging in self defense strategies 1 Notable work editRentschler s 2014 article called Rape Culture and the Feminist Politics of Social Media provides an overview of how a younger generation of feminists is combating rape culture primarily through social media According to the paper this movement has given more attention to street harassment rape jokes and in some cases sexual assault than what is often present in reports by the police mainstream news media and school authorities 5 Rentschler notes that some women are posting pictures of their harassers often taken with their cell phones out of solidarity and so that other women can be forewarned She goes on to argue that such practices can reduce the feelings of victimization and helplessness This leads to the statement that younger women are more likely to rely on their cell phones as personal devices of safety than pepper spray and whistles 4 In 2019 Rentschler provided testimony in support of the Nova Scotia Registrar of Motor Vehicles and their previous decision to revoke a license plate bearing the last name of its owner Lorne Grabher She said as someone seeing this licence plate you would have no idea this is a name and argued that its approval would lead to conditions that are conducive to sexual harassment 6 7 Rentschler s first book called Second Wounds Victim s Rights and the Media in the U S was published by Duke University Press in 2011 1 Second Wounds focuses on sensationalized reports that cover crime stories in a way that is alienating toward victims Examples of this include stories that give undue publicity to the perpetrator 8 Rentschler s work explores this in the context of secondary victimization in which survivors of sexual assault can have their trauma exacerbated by institutional neglect on the part of police and court officers 9 Her second book Girlhood and the Politics of Place was released in 2016 under a Creative Commons license 10 In between the two publications Rentschler discussed the 1964 murder of Kitty Genovese as a topic for upcoming work about the bystander effect 1 Personal views editRentschler advocates for an anti violence rather than a crime control model in reducing crime This means that people can learn about the sources of certain social problems and the necessary social steps for prevention to reduce the chances of the crime occurring in the first place One example is feminist intervention in domestic violence by using media such as television commercials and posters on college campuses offering help for those in need people may be more likely to seek assistance and become more informed of the issues which can be a step forward in reducing its overall incidence 9 Published works editBooks Girlhood Studies and the Politics of Place Contemporary Paradigms of Research Under contract at Berghahn Press with co editor Claudia Mitchell 2016 Second Wounds Victims Rights and the Media in the U S Durham NC Duke University Press 2011 Articles Rape Culture and the Feminist Politics of Social Media accepted for publication in Girlhood Studies An International Journal for special issue 6 2 2013 Distributed Activism Domestic Violence and Feminist Media Infrastructure in the Fax Age accepted for publication in Communication Culture amp Critique 8 2 2014 On S En Calisse La Loi Speciale The Music Festival that Wasn t Wi Journal of Mobile Media 2012 Invited contribution 1500 words http wi mobilities ca onsen permanent dead link calisse la loi special the music festival that wasn t Republished as Grab your drum and join us Montreal s street music festival like no other June 6 2012 at rabble ca 1 and join us montreals street music festival no other Republished July 1 2012 at nomorepotlucks org http nomorepotlucks org site on sen calisse la loi speciale the music festivalthat permanent dead link wasn t An Urban Physiognomy of the 1964 Kitty Genovese Murder Space amp Culture 14 3 2011 310 329 The Physiognomic Turn International Journal of Communication 4 2010 1 6 Trauma Training and the Reparative Work of Journalism Cultural Studies 24 4 2010 447 477 Sarah Palin Sexual Anomalies and Historical Analogues Liminalities A Journal of Performance Studies 4 3 November 2008 1863 words Available online at http liminalities net 4 3 palin html Risky Assignments Sexing Security in Hostile Environment Reporting Feminist Media Studies 7 3 2007 257 279 Victims Rights and the Struggle over Crime in the Media Canadian Journal of Communication 32 2 2007 239 259 Review Essay Militarized Media at War and at Home The Communication Review 9 1 2006 143 154 non refereed Introduction States of Insecurity and the Gendered Politics of Fear co authored with Carol A Stabile National Women s Studies Association Journal 17 3 2005 viixxv Witnessing U S Citizenship and the Vicarious Experience of Suffering Media Culture and Society 26 2 2004 296 304 Designing Fear Environmental Security and Violence against Women Cultural Studies A Research Annual 5 2000 281 307 Women s Self Defense Physical Education for Everyday Life Women s Studies Quarterly 26 1 1999 152 161 Book Chapters Technologies of Bystanding Learning to See Like a Bystander accepted for publication in Shaping Inquiry in Culture Communication and Media Studies ed Barbie Zelizer Routledge October 3 2013 From Danger to Trauma Affective Labor and the Journalistic Discourse of Witness In Media Witnessing Testimony in the Age of Mass Communication ed Paul Frosh Securing Profits In Collective Action A Bad Subjects Anthology ed Joel Schalit and Megan Shaw Prelinger London Pluto Press 2004 pp 198 205 Designing Fear How Environmental Security Protects Property at the Expense of People In Foucault Cultural Studies and Governmentality eds Jack Bratich Jeremy Packer and Cameron McCarthy Albany SUNY Press 2003 pp 243 272 Expanding the Definition of Media Activism In Blackwell Companion to Media Studies ed Angharad Valdivia Malden MA Blackwell Publishers 2003 pp 529 547 Edited Journals Doing Feminism Event Archive Techne Co editor with Samantha Thrift of a special issue of Feminist Theory 17 1 forthcoming April 2016 Cultural Studies and the Re Description of Girlhood in Crisis Co editor with Claudia Mitchell of a special issue of Girlhood Studies An Interdisciplinary Journal 6 2 forthcoming October 2013 States of Insecurity and the Gendered Politics of Fear Co editor with Carol Stabile of a special issue of the NWSA Journal 17 3 2005 Reviews Review of Jennifer Petersen s Murder Media and the Politics of Public Feelings 2013 International Journal of Communication 7 2013 1514 1517 Widows Mothers and War Children review of Cynthia Enloe s Nimo s War Emma s War Making Feminist Sense of the Iraq War London Times Higher Education Supplement August 26 2010 Other Publications The Confederate Flag in East Montreal Bad Subjects 74 January 2006 Online at https web archive org web 20160217090520 http bad eserver org issues 2006 74 rentschler html United We Stand Fresh Hoagies Daily with Carol Stabile and Jonathan Sterne Bad Subjects 59 February 2002 Online at https web archive org web 20150401015038 http bad eserver org issues 2002 59 rentschler html Securing Profits Bad Subjects 48 March 2000 Online at https web archive org web 20150405180621 http bad eserver org issues 2000 48 rentschler html Perpetrate My Fist Women s Self Defense as Physical Education for Everyday Life Bad Subjects 22 October 1995 Online at https web archive org web 20160127055052 http bad eserver org issues 1995 22 rentschler html Reprinted Articles Perpetrate My Fist Women s Self Defense as Physical Education for Everyday Life Rain and Thunder A Radical Feminist Journal of Activism and Discussion Winter 2003 6 8 See also editKim SawchukReferences edit a b c d e f g h i Carrie Rentschler McGill University Retrieved October 12 2015 Media Scholar Dr Carrie Rentschler to Speak at VCU Press release Virginia Commonwealth University College of Humanities amp Sciences n d Retrieved November 25 2018 IGSF Annual Newsletter PDF McGill University 2016 Retrieved April 24 2019 a b Rentschler Carrie 2014 Rape Culture and the Feminist Politics of Social Media Girlhood Studies 7 1 65 82 doi 10 3167 ghs 2014 070106 S2CID 144199989 Rentschler Carrie 2014 Rape Culture and the Feminist Politics of Social Media Girlhood Studies 7 1 65 82 doi 10 3167 ghs 2014 070106 S2CID 144199989 McDonald Michael April 25 2019 How a court battle over Grabher license plate reflects wider societal debate CBC Retrieved April 29 2019 Guillena Carmen April 26 2019 Grabher case Feminist media studies prof says plate threatening to women and girls Chronicle Herald Retrieved April 29 2019 Second Wounds Duke Press Archived from the original on November 18 2018 Retrieved October 12 2015 a b Lynch Lisa Crime reporting in the age of victim s rights interview with Carrie Rentschler The Canadian Journalism Project Retrieved October 12 2015 Girlhood and the Politics of Place Berghahn Books 2016 Retrieved April 24 2019 External links editCarrie A Rentschler in libraries WorldCat catalog The Institute for Gender Sexuality and Feminist Studies Rentschler was the director Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Carrie Rentschler amp oldid 1198645693, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
