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Rape in Chicago : race, myth, and the courts / Dawn Rae Flood.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2012.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780252094415
  • 9781283582742
  • 9786613895196
  • 6613895199
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • HV6568 .R374 2012
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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Includes bibliographies and index.

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.

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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