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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464318503321

Autore

Block Sharon <1968->

Titolo

Rape and sexual power in early America / / Sharon Block

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, [North Carolina] : , : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, , 2006

©2006

ISBN

0-8078-3893-4

1-4696-0097-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (293 p.)

Collana

Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia

Disciplina

364.15/32097309033

Soggetti

Rape - United States - History

Sex crimes - United States - History

Electronic books.

United States History 18th century

United States History 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Illustrations; Archival Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Consent and Coercion: The Continuum of Sexual Relations; 2. The Means of Sexual Coercion: Identity, Power, and Social Consent; 3. After Coerced Sex: The Progression of Knowledge; 4. The Crime of Rape: Transatlantic Standards, American Racialization, and Local Judgment; 5. Constructing Rape and Race at Early American Courts; 6. New Worlds of Rape: Masculinity, Myth, and Revolution; Conclusion; Appendix A: Tabulation of Known Sexual Coercion Incidents; Appendix B: Legal Records Consulted; Index; A; B; C

DE; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y