Believability: sexual violence, media, and the politics of doubt
"The #MeToo movement created more opportunities for women to speak up about sexual assault. But we are also living in a time when "fake news" and "alternative facts" call into question the very nature of truth. This troubling paradox is at the heart of this compelling book....
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Hoboken, NJ
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2023
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
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| Availability in Tübingen: | Present in Tübingen. UB: KB 21 A 3053 |
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| Summary: | "The #MeToo movement created more opportunities for women to speak up about sexual assault. But we are also living in a time when "fake news" and "alternative facts" call into question the very nature of truth. This troubling paradox is at the heart of this compelling book. The convergence of #MeToo and the crisis of post-truth is used to explore the experience of women and people of color whose claims around issues of sexual violence are often held in doubt. Banet-Weiser and Higgins investigate how the gendered and racialized logics of "believability" are defined and contested within media culture, proposing that a mediated "economy of believability" is the context in which public bids for truth about sexual violence are made, negotiated, and authorized today. Believability is a provocative intervention that will appeal to scholars and students across the social sciences and humanities, as well as to general readers."--Provided by publisher |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 210-239 |
| Physical Description: | 250 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 9781509553822 9781509553815 |