The trouble with rape: Gender matters and legal 'Transformations'

Feminist Legal Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 275-297

  Loizidou, Elena ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Butler; Criminal justice and public order; Gender; Gender performativity; Rape laws

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037814810     PISSN: 09663622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009297603439     Document Type: Article

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