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Book Synopsis
Kelli Moore traces the political origins of the concept of domestic violence through visual culture in the United States, showing how it is rooted in the archive of slavery.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 1
1. Authenticating Domestic Violence: Image and Feeling in Abolitionist Media 25
2. Battered Women in a Cybernetic Milieu 61
3. Authenticating Testimony in the Domestic Violence Courtroom 92
4. Incorporating Camp in Criminal Justice 122
Conclusion 155
Coda 173
Notes 179
Bibliography 211
Index 227

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      Publisher: Duke University Press
      Publication Date: 27/05/2022
      ISBN13: 9781478015703, 978-1478015703
      ISBN10: 1478015705
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Kelli Moore traces the political origins of the concept of domestic violence through visual culture in the United States, showing how it is rooted in the archive of slavery.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments vii
      Introduction 1
      1. Authenticating Domestic Violence: Image and Feeling in Abolitionist Media 25
      2. Battered Women in a Cybernetic Milieu 61
      3. Authenticating Testimony in the Domestic Violence Courtroom 92
      4. Incorporating Camp in Criminal Justice 122
      Conclusion 155
      Coda 173
      Notes 179
      Bibliography 211
      Index 227

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