Trial Of Woman
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Woman On Trial
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Author : Amelia Howe Kritzer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Woman On Trial written by Amelia Howe Kritzer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Drama categories.
"This study breaks new ground in comparative drama by focusing on a phenomenon that can be observed in the drama of different cultures and across a large span of time. The essays illuminate the ways in which the plays interrogate law as an institution that subordinates and controls women through the categories and relationships it constructs, as well as by means of the actions it sanctions-some of which apply to women only. In some cases the woman on trial has not committed the offense for which she is being tried; in others she has committed a serious crime, often murder. The action may hinge on determining innocence versus guilt, or the play may attempt to present innocence and guilt as qualities that are structured by culture. Many of the plays also highlight factors such as nationality, race, poverty, or working-class status, as they interact with gender to create perceptions of the woman on trial. The woman or women on trial may represent dissidents or activists in general, or they may epitomize the failure of the law to protect women from crimes, especially sexual violence, placing the victim rather than the perpetrator on trial"--from publisher's website.
Trial By Woman
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Author : Courtney Rowley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-10-15
Trial By Woman written by Courtney Rowley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-15 with categories.
A Woman Scorned
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Author : Peggy Sanday
language : en
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date : 2011-12-14
A Woman Scorned written by Peggy Sanday and has been published by Anchor this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-14 with History categories.
2011 Edition with a New Afterword by the author The venerable and often misquoted phrase "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned" continues to haunt American women who accuse men of sexual harassment and rape. In this bracing study of American sexual culture and the politics of acquaintance rape, anthropologist Peggy Reeves Sanday identifies the sexual stereotypes that continue to obstruct justice and diminish women. Beginning with a harrowing account of the St. John's rape case, Sanday reaches back through British and American landmark rape cases to explain how, with the exception of earliest colonial times, rape has been a crime notable for placing the woman on trial. Whether she is charged as a false accuser, gold digger, loose or scorned woman, stereotypes prevail. American jurisprudence and the public at large remain divided on acquaintance rape. With the passage of the Violence Against Women Act—one of the most important legislation for women—a new breed of antifeminists stepped up to the plate to subordinate women's bid for sexual autonomy and freedom. A groundbreaking, classic work of scholarship that coherently challenges the anti-rape backlash and its rhetoric, A Woman Scorned continues to bring a broad perspective to our understanding of acquaintance rape, even if its original vision of a new paradigm for female sexual equality awaits implementation.
Woman On Trial
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Author : Lawrencia Bembenek
language : en
Publisher: Harper San Francisco
Release Date : 1992
Woman On Trial written by Lawrencia Bembenek and has been published by Harper San Francisco this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Escapes categories.
Woman On Trial
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Author : Lawrencia Bembenek
language : en
Publisher: HarperPrism
Release Date : 1992
Woman On Trial written by Lawrencia Bembenek and has been published by HarperPrism this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Convicts categories.
Lawerencia Bembeck is charged and convicted of murder. But she claims she is innocent -- framed.
The Crimes Of Womanhood
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Author : A. Cheree Carlson
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 2010-10-01
The Crimes Of Womanhood written by A. Cheree Carlson and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-01 with Social Science categories.
Cultural views of femininity exerted a powerful influence on the courtroom arguments used to defend or condemn notable women on trial in nineteenth-century and early-twentieth-century America. By examining the colorful rhetorical strategies employed by lawyers and reporters of women's trials in newspaper articles, trial transcriptions, and popular accounts, A. Cheree Carlson argues that the men in charge of these communication avenues were able to transform their own values and morals into believable narratives that persuaded judges, juries, and the general public of a woman's guilt or innocence. Carlson analyzes the situations of several women of varying historical stature, from the insanity trials of Mary Todd Lincoln and Lizzie Borden's trial for the brutal slaying of her father and stepmother, to lesser-known trials involving insanity, infidelity, murder, abortion, and interracial marriage. The insanity trial of Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard, the wife of a minister, resulted from her attempts to change her own religion, while a jury acquitted Mary Harris for killing her married lover, suggesting that loss of virginity to an adulterous man was justifiable grounds for homicide. The popular conception of abortion as a "woman's crime" came to the fore in the case of Ann Loman (also known as Madame Restell), who performed abortions in New York both before and after it became a crime. Finally, Alice Rhinelander was sued for fraud by her new husband Leonard for "passing" as white, but the jury was more moved by the notion of Alice being betrayed as a woman by her litigious husband than by the supposed defrauding of Leonard as a white male. Alice won the case, but the image of womanhood as in need of sympathy and protection won out as well. At the heart of these cases, Carlson reveals clearly just how narrow was the line that women had to walk, since the same womanly virtues that were expected of them--passivity, frailty, and purity--could be turned against them at any time. These trials of popular status are especially significant because they reflect the attitudes of the broad audience, indicate which forms of knowledge are easily manipulated, and allow us to analyze how the verdict is argued outside the courtroom in the public and press. With gripping retellings and incisive analysis of these scandalous criminal and civil cases, this book will appeal to historians, rhetoricians, feminist researchers, and anyone who enjoys courtroom drama.
Jury Woman
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Author : Mary Timothy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
Jury Woman written by Mary Timothy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"As foreperson of the Angela Davis jury, Mary Timothy ushers us into the courtroom and provides us with rinside sears at what has been called "the trial of the century." Jury Woman reveals gross inequities in the jury system itself -- for which Mary Timothy offers nine points for radical reform." -- Publisher's description.
Woman S Trials
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Author : T.S. Arthur
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2019-09-25
Woman S Trials written by T.S. Arthur and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-25 with Fiction categories.
Reproduction of the original: Woman ́s Trials by T.S. Arthur
Modern Women On Trial
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Author : Lucy Bland
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 2013-10-01
Modern Women On Trial written by Lucy Bland and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-01 with History categories.
Modern Women on Trial looks at several sensational trials involving drugs, murder, adultery, miscegenation and sexual perversion in the period 1918–24. The trials, all with young female defendants, were presented in the media as morality tales, warning of the dangers of sensation-seeking and sexual transgression. The book scrutinises the trials and their coverage in the press to identify concerns about modern femininity. The flapper later became closely associated with the 'roaring' 1920s, but in the period immediately after the Great War she represented not only newness and hedonism, but also a frightening, uncertain future. This figure of the modern woman was a personification of the upheavals of the time, representing anxieties about modernity, and instabilities of gender, class, race, and national identity. This accessible, extensively researched book will be of interest to all those interested in social, cultural or gender history.
Defending Battered Women On Trial
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Author : Elizabeth A. Sheehy
language : en
Publisher: UBC Press
Release Date : 2013-12-15
Defending Battered Women On Trial written by Elizabeth A. Sheehy and has been published by UBC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-15 with Family & Relationships categories.
In the landmark Lavallee decision of 1990, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that evidence of "battered woman syndrome" was admissible in establishing self-defence for women accused of killing their abusive partners. This book looks at the trials of eleven battered women, ten of whom killed their partners, in the fifteen years since Lavallee. Drawing extensively on trial transcripts and a rich expanse of interdisciplinary sources, the author looks at the evidence produced at trial and at how self-defence was argued. By illuminating these cases, this book uncovers the practical and legal dilemmas faced by battered women on trial for murder.