Rape on trial : how the mass media construct legal reform and social change /

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Why has so much of the public discussion of rape focused on a few specific cases, and to what extent has this discussion incorporated the feminist perspective on rape? Rape on Trial explores these questions and provides answers based on a detailed examination of the mainstream news coverage of the J...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cuklanz, Lisa M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [1996]
Series:Feminist cultural studies, the media, and political culture.
Subjects:
1980-2020
Rape in mass media.
Rape > United States.
Women > Crimes against > United States.
Trials (Rape) > United States.
Crime and the press > United States.
Viol dans les médias > États-Unis.
Viol > États-Unis.
Femmes > Violence envers > États-Unis.
Procès (Viol) > États-Unis.
Criminalité et presse > États-Unis.
Viol dans les médias.
Femmes > Crimes contre > États-Unis.
Crime and the press
Rape in mass media
Rape
Social conditions
Trials (Rape)
Women > Crimes against
Vergewaltigung
Prozess
Massenmedien
United States > Social conditions > 1980-2020.
États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 1980-
United States
USA
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1. Introduction: Why Famous Rape Trials?""; ""2. A Particular Social Reality: Rape Law and Rape Law Reform""; ""3. Issue-Oriented Trials in the Context of Social Change""; ""4. Mainstream Coverage: Trials as News Events""; ""5. Popular Re-Presentations""; ""6. Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""

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