Rape in Chicago: Race, Myth, and the Courts

by Dawn Rae Flood

Book Overview

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. Drawing on extensive trial testimony, government reports, and media coverage, Dawn Rae Flood examines how individual men and women, particularly African Americans, understood and challenged rape myths and claimed their right...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252036891
• ISBN13: 9780252036897
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"