Sexual Violence and the Law in Japan

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada." Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Catherine Burns, Catherine (Griffith University Burns, Burns Catherine
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2005
• EAN: 9780415336512
• ISBN: 978-0-415-33651-2
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: ASAA Women in Asia Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, Interdisciplinary studies