Rape on Trial : : How the Mass Media Construct Legal Reform and Social Change / / Lisa M. Cuklanz.
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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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2015] ©1996 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Feminist Cultural Studies, the Media, and Political Culture
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (160 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- 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