Representing Rape: Language and sexual consent

by Susan Ehrlich

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415205220
• ISBN13: 9780415205221
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"