Coercing Gender: Language in Sexual Assault Adjudication Processes

The Handbook of Language and Gender

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 645-670

  Ehrlich, Susan ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender; Language; Linguistic representation; Sexual assault adjudication processes; Sexual harassment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890756364     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470756942.ch28     Document Type: Chapter

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