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Record Nr.

UNISA996248339503316

Autore

Freedman Estelle B. <1947->

Titolo

Redefining rape : sexual violence in the era of suffrage and segregation / / Estelle B. Freedman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : Harvard University Press, , 2013

ISBN

0-674-72850-5

0-674-72849-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (376 p.)

Disciplina

364.15/320973

Soggetti

Rape - United States - History

Women's rights - United States - History

Civil rights - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The narrowing meaning of rape -- The crime of seduction -- Empowering white women -- Contesting the rape of Black women -- The racialization of rape and lynching -- African Americans redefine sexual violence -- Raising the age of consent -- From protection to sexualization -- The sexual vulnerability of boys -- "Smashing the masher" -- After suffrage -- The anti-lynching movement -- Scottsboro and its legacies -- The enduring politics of rape.