Regulating Girls and Women
Download or Read eBook Regulating Girls and Women PDF written by Joan Sangster and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Joan Sangster |
| Publisher | : University of Toronto Press |
| Total Pages | : 292 |
| Release | : 2001-01-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0195416635 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780195416633 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Regulating Girls and Women by : Joan Sangster
Book excerpt: Analyzing key examples of the sexual and familial regulation (through the law) of girls and women in twentieth-century Canada, this work explores the ways in which class, race, and gender shape the definition and punishment of criminality. It also examines the changing social and legal definitions of "normal" versus "criminal" sexual and family relationships, using case studies of incest, childhood sexual abuse, wife assault, prostitution, girls in conflict with the law, and Native women and the law.
