Redefining rape : sexual violence in the era of suffrage and segregation /

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Rape has never had a universally accepted definition, and the uproar over "legitimate rape" during the 2012 U.S. elections confirms that it remains a word in flux. This book tells the story of the forces that have shaped the meaning of sexual violence in the United States, through the expe...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Freedman, Estelle B., 1947- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Rape > United States > History.
Women's rights > United States > History.
Civil rights > United States > History.
Droits de l'homme > États-Unis > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Violence in Society.
Crime.
Civil rights
Rape
Women's rights
Våldtäkt > historia.
Kvinnors rättigheter > historia.
Medborgerliga fri- och rättigheter > historia.
United States
Electronic books.
Ebook.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The narrowing meaning of rape
  • The crime of seduction
  • Empowering white women
  • Contesting the rape of Black women
  • The racialization of rape and lynching
  • African Americans redefine sexual violence
  • Raising the age of consent
  • From protection to sexualization
  • The sexual vulnerability of boys
  • "Smashing the masher"
  • After suffrage
  • The anti-lynching movement
  • Scottsboro and its legacies
  • The enduring politics of rape.

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