Susan Ehrlich

Representing Rape

Language and sexual consent

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Januar 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9780415205221
• ISBN-10: 0415205220
• Artikelnr.: 22329730

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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