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Rape in Chicago : race, myth, and the courts / Dawn Rae Flood.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Flood, Dawn Rae.
- Series:
- Women in American history.
- Women in American history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rape--Illinois--Chicago--History.
- Rape.
- Rape--Public opinion--History.
- Rape victims--Illinois--Chicago.
- Rape victims.
- African Americans--Sexual behavior--Illinois--Chicago.
- African Americans.
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration--Illinois--Chicago.
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (255 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-227) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613895196
- 9781283582742
- 1283582740
- 9780252094415
- 0252094417
- OCLC:
- 1097137813
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