In this Book
- Rape New York
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: The Feminist Press
summary
Your front door lock is broken and your landlord doesn’t give a damn. And someone gets in and rapes you. Jana Leo’s exploration of the public and private spaces in Rape New York merges the vulnerability of the city with that of the body itself. A text that touches on urban planning, gentrification, slumlords, as well as rape and its physical, emotional, and legal repercussions.
Table of Contents
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- A Nonviolent Rape
- A Nonviolent Rape
- pp. 3-24
- Before and After a Nonviolent Rape
- How I Left Harlem
- pp. 31-35
- How I Had Ended Up in Harlem
- pp. 36-47
- The Criminal Procedure and the Civil Lawsuit
- How the Assailant Was Caught
- pp. 71-81
- “Domestophobia” and PrisonLand
- pp. 82-97
- The Civil Lawsuit For Improper Security
- pp. 111-122
- Defeated by New York
- Acknowledgments
- pp. 143-144
Additional Information
ISBN
9781558616820
Related ISBN(s)
9781558616813
MARC Record
OCLC
715163571
Pages
151
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No