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Law and the language of identity : discourse in the William Kennedy Smith rape trial / Gregory M. Matoesian

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Matoesian, Gregory M.
Published
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2001]
Copyright Date
©2001
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1 online resource (ix, 267 pages)
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In this volume, Gregory Matoesian uses the notorious 1991 rape trial of William Kennedy Smith to provide an in-depth analysis of language use and its role in that specific trial as well as in the law in general. He draws on the fields of conversation analysis, ethnomethodology, linguistic anthropology and social theory to show how language practices shape-and are shaped by-culture and the law, particularly in the social construction of rape as a legal fact. This analysis examines linguistic strategies from both defence and prosecution viewpoints, and how they relate to issues of gender, sexual identity, and power.
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ISBN
1429401656 (electronic bk.)
9781429401654 (electronic bk.)
128053009X
9781280530098
9780195123296 (acid-free paper)
0195123298 (acid-free paper)
9780195123302 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)
0195123301 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)
0195123301 (Paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-261) and index.
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