Colonial discourse and gender in U.S. criminal courts : cultural defenses and prosecutions /: cultural defenses and prosecutions. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Colonial discourse and gender in United States criminal courts
• Further Information: Note: By Caroline Braunmühl.
• Other Names: Braunmühl, Caroline
• Contents: Theoretical perspective -- The corpus of cases -- Ethnicizing prosecutions and defenses : "culture" and "gender" in trial parties' argumentative strategies and in the debate about "the cultural defense" -- Biases and blindspots in the debate -- Cultural profiling : the patriarchal other : first case study -- "Cultural defense" I : the oppressed third world woman : second case study -- "Cultural defense" II : the patriarchal other : third case study -- Conclusion: cultural information or gendered colonial discourse? -- Resistance/instabilities : the spectrum of discursive politics in trials involving "cultural evidence" and the involuntary subversion of hegemonic discourse -- Contesting "cultural evidence" : adversarial opposition or mutual collusion? -- Witnesses and hegemonic consensus -- Beyond mere "resistance" : the spectrum of instabilities fracturing hegemonic trial discourse and what difference they make -- Conclusion: practical/theoretical implications.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (306 pages), (2 illustrations)
• Subjects: 347.73008; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies; Cultural defense (Law) -- United States; Minorities -- Legal status, laws, etc -- United States; Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781136341168; 1136341161
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.