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Representing Rape: Language and sexual consent

Autor Susan Ehrlich
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 25 ian 2001
Representing Rape is the first feminist analysis of the language of sexual assault trials from the perspective of linguists. Susan Ehrlich argues that language is central to all legal settings - specifically sexual harassment and acquaintance rape hearings where linguistic descriptions of the events are often the only type of evidence available. Language does not simply reflect but helps to construct the character of the people and events under investigation.
The book is based around a case study of the trial of a male student accused of two instances of sexual assault in two different settings: a university tribunal and a criminal trial. This case is situated within international studies on rape trials and is relevant to the legal systems of the US, Canada, Britain, Australia, and New Zealand. She shows how culturally-dominant notions about rape percolate through the talk of sexual assault cases in a variety of settings and ultimately shape their outcome. Ehrlich hopes that to understand rape trials in this way is to recognize their capacity for change. By highlighting the underlying preconceptions and prejudices in the language of courtrooms today, this important book paves the way towards a fairer judicial system for the future.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780415205221
ISBN-10: 0415205220
Pagini: 186
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Susan Ehrlich is Professor in the Department of Women's Studies and Languages, Literatures and Linguistics at York University, Toronto, Canada.

Cuprins

Introduction 1 The institutional coerciveness of legal discourse 2 `My shirt came off ...I gather that I took it off ': The accused's grammar of non-agency 3 `I see an option ...I simply want to explore that option with you': Questions and ideological work 4 `I didn't yell ...I didn't scream': Complainants' ineffectual agency or strategic agency? 5 `The signals . . . between men and women are not being read correctly': Miscommunication and acquaintance rape. Conclusion

Descriere

This is the first feminist analysis of the language of sexual assault trials from the perspective of linguists. Highlighties the underlying preconceptions and prejudices in the language of courtrooms today.