Responding to Rape – Panel Debrief from the 2024 OAH Conference on American History

The Journal of American History

Inhoud geleverd door Organization of American Historians. Alle podcastinhoud, inclusief afleveringen, afbeeldingen en podcastbeschrijvingen, wordt rechtstreeks geüpload en geleverd door Organization of American Historians of hun podcastplatformpartner. Als u denkt dat iemand uw auteursrechtelijk beschermde werk zonder uw toestemming gebruikt, kunt u het hier beschreven proces https://nl.player.fm/legal volgen.

2M ago 28:26

MP3•Thuis aflevering

Over the past two decades, scholars have begun to document the centrality of sexual assault in the U.S. political landscape. There has been significant research on how sexual assault (and anti-rape activism) shaped the long civil rights movement, military occupations, and the dynamics of modern feminism. However, scholars are only recently considering how the politics surrounding sexual assault have defined major state institutions, i.e., the military and the prison system. Likewise, stories of anti-rape activism and community organizing are often overshadowed by narratives that emphasize courtroom dramas and legal proceedings. In this episode, , Ruth Lawlor, R.M. Douglas, Catherine Jacquet, and Jana Lipman demonstrate the necessity of incorporating sexual assault, and activists’ resistance to it, in our understanding of 20th century institutions.

Read more about the session here: https://www.oah.org/conferences/oah24/sessions__trashed/session/?id=5218

Music: King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band's Mabel's Dream, 1923

X: @theJAMhistory Facebook: The Journal of American History

70 afleveringen

#Society #American History #Podcasting Education #History #Organization Of American Historians