Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=cjgs20 Download by: [Cornell University Library] Date: 22 September 2016, At: 01:50 Journal of Gender Studies ISSN: 0958-9236 (Print) 1465-3869 (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/cjgs20 Happiness (or not) after rape: hysterics and harpies in the media versus killjoys in black women’s fiction Zoë Brigley Thompson To cite this article: Zoë Brigley Thompson (2016): Happiness (or not) after rape: hysterics and harpies in the media versus killjoys in black women’s fiction, Journal of Gender Studies, DOI: 10.1080/09589236.2016.1223618 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09589236.2016.1223618 Published online: 12 Sep 2016. Submit your article to this journal Article views: 76 View related articles View Crossmark data