Article
In Mother's Lap: Forging Care and Kinship in Documentary Protocols of Sexual Assault Intervention
Law, Culture and the Humanities
Document Type
Article
Language
eng
Format of Original
21 p.
Publication Date
10-1-2011
Publisher
Sage Publications
Original Item ID
doi: 10.1177/1743872110378640
Disciplines
Abstract
In this article, I examine the documentary practices of forensic intervention into sexual assault as they reveal a larger set of imaginaries about kinship, gender, violence and healing. In the course of the forensic encounter, sexual assault victims frequently disclose victimization by intimates or relatives. The reading practices and audit mechanisms to which forensic documents are subjected reveal tensions between the real-life experiences of sexual assault victims and their families on the one hand, and institutional imaginaries of care and victimization on the other.
Citation Information
Sameena A. Mulla. "In Mother's Lap: Forging Care and Kinship in Documentary Protocols of Sexual Assault Intervention" Law, Culture and the Humanities (2011) ISSN: 1743-8721 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/sameena-mulla/4/
Law, Culture and the Humanities, Vol. 7, No. 3 (October 2011): 413-433. DOI.