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Colonial discourse and gender in U.S. criminal courts

Braunmáeuhl, Caroline.

Colonial discourse and gender in U.S. criminal courts cultural defenses and prosecutions / [electronic resource] : Caroline Braunmáeuhl. - 1st ed. - New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2012. - xii, 281 p. - Routledge advances in criminology ; 12 . - Routledge advances in criminology ; 12. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-273) and index.

pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Theoretical perspective -- pt. 3. The corpus of cases -- pt. 4. Ethnicizing prosecutions and defenses : "culture" and "gender" in trial parties' argumentative strategies and in the debate about "the cultural defense" -- pt. 5. Resistance/instabilities : the spectrum of discursive politics in trials involving "cultural evidence" and the involuntary subversion of hegemonic discourse -- pt. 5. Conclusion : practical/theoretical implications.




Mode of access: World Wide Web.

9780203123751 (e-book : PDF)


Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration--United States.
Minorities--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States.
Colonies--Law and legislation.


United States--Politics and government.


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