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- Title
"Crimes which startle and horrify": Gender, Age, and the Racialization of Sexual Violence in White American Newspapers, 1870-1900.
- Authors
FREEDMAN, ESTELLE B.
- Abstract
An essay is presented on the racialization of rape in white U.S. newspapers during the late 19th century. According to the author, the press depicted white male rapists as aberrations, while black men were depicted as naturally inclined to commit sexual assault. It is suggested that these depictions reinforced notions of rape as a specifically African-American crime even when the assailant was white and the victim was black. Characterizations of rape victims as childlike are also discussed.
- Subjects
UNITED States; RAPE in mass media; HISTORY of newspapers; RAPE victims; AFRICAN Americans in mass media; RAPISTS; UNITED States history, 1865-1921; HISTORY
- Publication
Journal of the History of Sexuality, 2011, Vol 20, Issue 3, p465
- ISSN
1043-4070
- Publication type
Essay
- DOI
10.1353/sex.2011.0039