Rape in Chicago : race, myth, and the courts /
Spanning a period of four tumultuous decades from the mid-1930s through the mid-1970s, this study reassesses the ways in which Chicagoans negotiated the extraordinary challenges of rape, as either victims or accused perpetrators.
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| Formato: | Licensed eBooks |
| Idioma: | inglês |
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Urbana :
University of Illinois Press
[2012]
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| coleção: | Women in American history.
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| Acesso em linha: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/j.ctt1xchbm |
Sumário:
- Rape victims and the modern justice system
- The power of racial rape myths after World War II
- Black victims and postwar trial strategies
- Order in the court
- Second-wave feminists (re)discover rape
- Conclusion: ripped from the headlines.