The #MeToo effect : what happens when we believe women /

"The #MeToo movement gained widespread recognition in October 2017 as a direct response to the sexual assault allegations leveled at Harvey Weinstein but, more broadly, the movement exposed the systemic practice of doubting women's testimonies and denying accountability for their harassers...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Gilmore, Leigh, 1959- (Auteur)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Langue:anglais
Publié: New York : Columbia University Press, [2023]
Collection:Gender and culture.
Accès en ligne:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7312/gilm19420
Table des matières:
  • Introduction: The #METOO effect
  • Part I: Narrative activism and survivor testimony. #MeToo Effect : From "He Said/She Said" to Collective Witness
  • Buildup : survivors in public, Trump, and the Women's March
  • Breakthrough : #MeToo silence breakers
  • Backdrop : antirape lineage from Harriet Jacobs to Tarana Burke
  • #MeToo stress test : the Kavanaugh hearings
  • Part two: Narrative justice and survivor reading. Reading like a survivor
  • #MeToo Storytelling
  • Consent before and after #MeToo
  • Conclusion: Promising young women : what we owe survivors.