LEADER 04313nam 2200733Ia 450 001 9910826156403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-136-34116-1 010 $a1-283-54623-X 010 $a9786613858689 010 $a1-136-34117-X 010 $a0-203-12375-1 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203123751 035 $a(CKB)2670000000174114 035 $a(EBL)957007 035 $a(OCoLC)798532497 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000677057 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11415831 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000677057 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10684755 035 $a(PQKB)10939408 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC957007 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL957007 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10551297 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL385868 035 $a(OCoLC)791643009 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000174114 100 $a20110923d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aColonial discourse and gender in U.S. criminal courts $ecultural defenses and prosecutions /$fCaroline Braunmuhl 205 $aFirst edition. 210 $aNew York $cRoutledge$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (295 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge advances in criminology ;$v12 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-00884-2 311 $a0-415-89925-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Colonial Discourse and Gender in U.S. Criminal Courts: Cultural Defenses and Prosecutions; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; PART I: Introduction; PART II: Theoretical Perspective; PART III: The Corpus of Cases; PART IV: Ethnicizing Prosecutions and Defenses: 'Culture' and'Gender' in Trial Parties' Argumentative Strategiesand in the Debate About 'the Cultural Defense'; 1. Biases and Blindspots in the Debate; 2. Cultural Profi ling: The Patriarchal Other- First Case Study; 3. 'Cultural Defense' I: The Oppressed Third World Woman- Second Case Study 327 $a4. 'Cultural Defense' II: The Patriarchal Other-Third Case Study5. Conclusion: Cultural Information or Gendered Colonial Discourse?; PART V: Resistance/ Instabilities: The Spectrum of Discursive Politicsin Trials Involving 'Cultural Evidence' and the InvoluntarySubversion of Hegemonic Discourse; 6. Contesting 'Cultural Evidence': Adversarial Opposition or Mutual Collusion?; 7. Witnesses and Hegemonic Consensus; 8. Beyond Mere ' Resistance': The Spectrum of InstabilitiesFracturing Hegemonic Trial Discourse and What Difference They Make; PART VI: Conclusion: Practical/ Theoretical Implications 327 $aAppendix: Overview of the Cases (with Commentary)Cases, Constitutional Amendments, Rules of Evidence, and Statutes Cited; Abbreviations; Notes; Glossary of Legal Terms; References; Index 330 $aThe occurrence in some criminal cases of ""cultural defenses"" on behalf of ""minority"" defendants has stirred much debate. This book is the first to illuminate how ""cultural evidence"" - i.e., ""evidence"" regarding ethnicity - is actually negotiated by attorneys, expert/lay witnesses, and defendants in criminal trials. Caroline Braunmu?hl demonstrates that this has occurred, overwhelmingly, in ways shaped by colonialist and patriarchal discourses common in the Western world. She argues that the controversy regarding the legitimacy of a ""cultural defense"" has tended to obscure this fact 410 0$aRoutledge advances in criminology ;$v12. 517 3 $aColonial discourse and gender in United States criminal courts 606 $aColonies$xLaw and legislation 606 $aMinorities$xLegal status, laws, etc$zUnited States 606 $aSex discrimination in criminal justice administration$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government 615 0$aColonies$xLaw and legislation. 615 0$aMinorities$xLegal status, laws, etc. 615 0$aSex discrimination in criminal justice administration 676 $a347.73008 700 $aBraunmuhl$b Caroline$01619144 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826156403321 996 $aColonial discourse and gender in U.S. criminal courts$93951253 997 $aUNINA