Manrape Explained

Manrape
Author:Märta Tikkanen
Title Orig:Män kan inte våldtas
Country:Finland
Language:Swedish

Manrape (Swedish: Män kan inte våldtas,) is a 1975 novel by Märta Tikkanen.[1] The book launched Tikkanen's career and placed her in the centre of an ongoing debate about gender roles in the Nordic countries.

In the novel, a man rapes forty-year-old Tova, who resolves to rape him in revenge.[2]

The book was made into the 1978 film Men Can't Be Raped, directed by Jörn Donner.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Märta Tikkanen: Manrape . 2024-02-22 . Helsinki Literary Agency . en-US.
  2. Web site: Co . Peytz & . 2012-02-17 . Capturing Text in the Midst of Life . 2024-02-22 . Nordic Women's Literature . en-GB.
  3. Web site: 2020-02-27 . FILI presents Rosa Liksom, Laura Lindstedt, Pajtim Statovci, and tributes to Märta Tikkanen and Tove Jansson at McNally Jackson Seaport . 2024-02-22 . Deep Vellum . en-US.