Catherine Burns

Sexual Violence and the Law in Japan

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada."

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 161mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780415336512
• ISBN-10: 0415336511
• Artikelnr.: 22352702

Autorenporträt

Catherine Burns lectures in the School of Languages and linguistics, Griffith University, Australia. Her research interests include gender studies, law and popular culture in Japan, and feminist jurisprudence.

Inhaltsangabe

Prelude: Rape v Murder - or (Excessive) Self-Defence? 1. Legal Storytelling
and Sexual Violence 2. Hegemonic Masculinity and Guilty Feminine Bodies 3.
Confronting the Japanese Criminal Justice System 4. Credibility in the
Court: Scripting Rape 5. 'In Truth She Was Probably Very Drunk': Women
Subject to Scrutiny 6. Markers of Truth: Silencing Women in the Court 7.
Subversive Stories and Feminist Strategies 8. Conclusion