Law and the Language of Identity : Discourse in the William Kennedy Smith Rape Trial.

By: Matoesian, Gregory MMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Cary : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2001Copyright date: ©2001Description: 1 online resource (278 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780195352610Subject(s): Conduct of court proceedings -- United States | English language -- United States -- Discourse analysis | Rape -- Psychological aspects | Semantics (Law) | Smith, William Kennedy -- Trials, litigation, etc | Trials (Rape) -- Florida -- Palm BeachGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Law and the Language of Identity : Discourse in the William Kennedy Smith Rape TrialDDC classification: 306.44/088/34 LOC classification: KF224.S544 -- M38 2001ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Notes on Transcription -- Introduction -- 1 Overview of the William Kennedy Smith Rape Trial -- I: REPETITION IN THE PATRIARCHAL ORDER -- 2 Rhythms of Domination and the Gender of Inconsistency -- 3 Poetics of Space, Direction, and Movement -- II: INTERTEXTUALITY -- 4 Intertextuality, Reported Speech, and Affect -- 5 Production Media and Intertextual Authority in Reported Speech -- III: THE CONSTRUCTION AND DECONSTRUCTION OF EXPERT IDENTITY -- 6 The Grammaticalization of Participant Roles in the Constitution of Expert Identity -- 7 Constructing Age Identity in Expert Testimony -- IV: LANGUAGE AND LEGAL CHANGE -- 8 The Microdynamics of Legal Change -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W.
Summary: 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 defense and prosecutorial viewpoints, and how they relate to issues of gender, sexual identity, and power.
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Intro -- Contents -- Notes on Transcription -- Introduction -- 1 Overview of the William Kennedy Smith Rape Trial -- I: REPETITION IN THE PATRIARCHAL ORDER -- 2 Rhythms of Domination and the Gender of Inconsistency -- 3 Poetics of Space, Direction, and Movement -- II: INTERTEXTUALITY -- 4 Intertextuality, Reported Speech, and Affect -- 5 Production Media and Intertextual Authority in Reported Speech -- III: THE CONSTRUCTION AND DECONSTRUCTION OF EXPERT IDENTITY -- 6 The Grammaticalization of Participant Roles in the Constitution of Expert Identity -- 7 Constructing Age Identity in Expert Testimony -- IV: LANGUAGE AND LEGAL CHANGE -- 8 The Microdynamics of Legal Change -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W.

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 defense and prosecutorial viewpoints, and how they relate to issues of gender, sexual identity, and power.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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