Catherine Burns

Sexual Violence and the Law in Japan (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a detailed examination of judicial decision-making in Japanese cases involving sexual violence. It describes the culture of 'eroticised violence' in Japan, which sees the feminine body as culpable.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134327638
• Artikelnr.: 40464669

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