Collateral Language John W. Chapman California

California

Uncovers how the process of sexual assault adjudication reinforces inequality and becomes a public spectacle of violence

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Collateral Language John W. Chapman CaliforniaThirteen essays contextualizing the new meanings around certain words and phrases in the post 9 11 discourse Terrorism, jihad, fundamentalism, blowback. These and other highly charged terms have saturated news broadcasts and everyday conversation since September 11th. But to keen ears their meanings change depending upon who's doing the talking. So what do these words really mean? And what are people trying to say when they use them? Each of the