Virgin or Vamp Helen Benedict (Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism)

Name: Virgin or Vamp By Helen Benedict (Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism)
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Virgin or Vamp by Helen Benedict (Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism)

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This study examines the press treatment of four notorious American sex crimes, demonstrating how the victims are labelled either as virgins or vamps, a practice the author condemns as misleading and harmful.

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Virgin or Vamp: How the Press Covers Sex Crimes by Helen Benedict (Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism)

Benedict examines press treatment of four notorious sex crimes from the past decade and shows how victims are labelled either as virgins or vamps, a practice she condemns as misleading and harmful.

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`This outstanding book should be required reading for all media people.' Publishers Weekly

About Helen Benedict (Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism)

Helen Benedict is a professor at the Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University. She is also the author of Recovery: How to Survive Sexual Assault, Portraits in Print, and A World Like This.

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CIN0195086651VG

ISBN 13

9780195086652

ISBN 10

0195086651

Title

Virgin or Vamp: How the Press Covers Sex Crimes by Helen Benedict (Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism)

Author

Helen Benedict (Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism)

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Used - Very Good

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Paperback

Publisher

Oxford University Press Inc

Year published

19940106

Number of pages

316

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