“You Have to Confess”: Rape and the Politics of Storytelling
This article examines the discourse of rape in contemporary culture, paying special attention to the courtroom setting, where rape victims are often required to tell cohesive, linear narratives that underscore their blamelessness if they hope to be believed. Because of deeply entrenched cultural myt...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
2015-11-01
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| Series: | Journal of Feminist Scholarship |
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| Online Access: | http://www.jfsonline.org/issue9/articles/roeder/ |