Title Rape in Chicago : race, myth, and the courts / Dawn Rae Flood.

Publication Info.	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2012]
	©2012

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Series	Women in American history Rape in Chicago
	Women in American history.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-227) and index.
Contents	Rape victims and the modern justice system -- The power of racial rape myths after World War II -- Black victims and postwar trial strategies -- Order in the court -- Second-wave feminists (re)discover rape -- Conclusion: ripped from the headlines.
Summary	Spanning a period of four tumultuous decades from the mid-1930s through the mid-1970s, this study reassesses the ways in which Chicagoans negotiated the extraordinary challenges of rape, as either victims or accused perpetrators.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language	English.
Subject	Rape -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History.
	Rape.
	Illinois -- Chicago.
	History.
	Rape -- Public opinion -- History.
	Rape -- Public opinion.
	Rape victims -- Illinois -- Chicago.
	Rape victims.
	African Americans -- Sexual behavior -- Illinois -- Chicago.
	African Americans -- Sexual behavior.
	African Americans.
	Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Illinois -- Chicago.
	Discrimination in criminal justice administration.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Subject	Sexual assault.
Other Form:	Print version: Rape in Chicago 9780252036897 (cloth) (DLC) 2011044551
ISBN	9780252036897 cloth
	9780252094415 epub
	0252094417
	1283582740
	9781283582742
	9786613895196
	6613895199
	0252036891
Standard No.	9786613895196