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Rape New York By Jana Leo

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Title:Rape New York
Author:Jana Leo
Format:Paperback
Page:192 pages
ISBN:1558616810

In the gripping first pages of this true story, Jana Leo relives the moment by moment experience of a home invasion and rape in her own apartment in Harlem After she reports the crime, she waits Between police disinterest and squabbles from the health insurance company over who s going to pay for the rape kit, she realizes that the violence of such an experience does not In the gripping first pages of this true story, Jana Leo relives the moment by moment experience of a home invasion and rape in her own apartment in Harlem After she reports the crime, she waits Between police disinterest and squabbles from the health insurance company over who s going to pay for the rape kit, she realizes that the violence of such an experience does not stop with the crime Increasingly concerned that the rapist will return, she seeks help from her landlord, who refuses to address security issues on the property She comes to understand that it is precisely these conditions of newly gentrified lower income areas which lead to vulnerable living spaces, high turnover rates, and ultimately higher profits for slumlords In this most singular memoir, Leo weaves a psychological journey into an analysis that becomes equally personal the fault lines of property mismanagement, class vulnerabilities, and a deeply flawed criminal justice system In a stunning conclusion, Leo has her day in court


about Author

JANA LEO is a conceptual artist with degrees in philosophy and architecture Leo taught at Cooper Union for seven years, and now divides her time between New York and Madrid In 2007 Leo started Civic Gaps, and in 2008 Fundacin Mosis, both think tanks dedicated to studying neglected spaces in the city.



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Posted by:Jana Leo
Published :2016-03-11T04:29+01:00
In the gripping first pages of this true story, Jana Leo relives the moment by moment experience of a home invasion and rape in her own apartment in H
Rape New York
192 pagesJana Leo

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