Document Type
Thesis
Degree
Master of Fine Arts
Major
Philosophy
Date of Defense
4-27-2015
Graduate Advisor
Jill B. Delston
Committee
Delston, Jill
McGinnis, Jon
Wiland, Eric
Abstract
Drawing from feminist and critical race theorists’ analyses of pornography and racist speech, I advance an argument in favor of speech regulations vis-à-vis prison rape films. I call ‘prison rape films’ (PRFs) those films that depict prison rape humorously, as narrative springboards, or as unnecessary tangents. I explore why such films ought to be regulated by pointing out the harms these films have on prisoners. In doing so, I examine what it is to be a ‘historically oppressed group’ and what makes such groups particularly vulnerable to hate speech. Prisoners are a historically oppressed group that is harmed by prison rape films and, on this basis, deserve protection from such harm by way of regulation.
OCLC Number
925365446
Recommended Citation
Baseley, Logan Richard, "Hate Speech and the Status of Prisoners" (2015). Theses. 219.
https://irl.umsl.edu/thesis/219