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Sitomer, Joan C.

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Race, sex, and citizenship: Constructions of citizenship in legal investigations of sexualized violence against African-American women.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Race, sex, and citizenship: Constructions of citizenship in legal investigations of sexualized violence against African-American women./
Author:	Sitomer, Joan C.
Description:	124 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-02, Section: A, page: 0715.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International68-02A.
Subject:	Black Studies. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3253404

Race, sex, and citizenship: Constructions of citizenship in legal investigations of sexualized violence against African-American women.
Sitomer, Joan C.

Race, sex, and citizenship: Constructions of citizenship in legal investigations of sexualized violence against African-American women. - 124 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-02, Section: A, page: 0715.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Michigan, 2007.

In this dissertation, I look at the way race conditions legal structures and social norms of citizenship in the experiences of African-American women who face government inquiry as a result of their sexual victimization. Using one historical and two contemporary case studies, I examine two aspects of citizenship that contribute to legal determinations for African-American women in cases of sexualized violence in diverse legal and social contexts: voice and advocacy. An injured woman has voice when she is able to present her own story in her own words, and she has advocacy when she has a skillful and zealous legal defender to represent her interests. I argue that both of these factors are implicit in the concept of due process of law and are, therefore, crucial aspects of full citizenship.Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Black Studies.

Race, sex, and citizenship: Constructions of citizenship in legal investigations of sexualized violence against African-American women.
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520 $a In this dissertation, I look at the way race conditions legal structures and social norms of citizenship in the experiences of African-American women who face government inquiry as a result of their sexual victimization. Using one historical and two contemporary case studies, I examine two aspects of citizenship that contribute to legal determinations for African-American women in cases of sexualized violence in diverse legal and social contexts: voice and advocacy. An injured woman has voice when she is able to present her own story in her own words, and she has advocacy when she has a skillful and zealous legal defender to represent her interests. I argue that both of these factors are implicit in the concept of due process of law and are, therefore, crucial aspects of full citizenship.
520 $a In the historical case, the slave Celia is on trial for the murder of the slave-owner who raped her repeatedly from the time that she was fourteen years old. Celia is represented by an able legal champion but is prevented by contemporary legal norms from telling her own story, and she hangs for her actions in defense of her sexual integrity. In the first of the two contemporary cases, Anita Hill comes forward with charges of sexual harassment against a nominee to the Supreme Court. Hill is able to tell her own story but has no competent legal defender, and she is neither respected nor believed. In the second contemporary case, Desiree Washington is the prosecuting witness in the rape trial of Mike Tyson. Washington is able to tell her own story and has skilled and enthusiastic legal representation, and her injury is vindicated by Tyson's conviction. These women claim state protection---the most basic right of citizenship---in diverse legal and social contexts but only Desiree Washington, who has both voice and advocacy, exacts any legal recognition for her injury and her claim.
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