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Online anti-rape activism : exploring the politics of the personal in the age of digital media /

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access, thanks to Knowledge Unlatched funding, and freely available to read online. Online Anti-Rape Activism examines the nature, use and scope of online spaces for anti-rape activism. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with activists from around the world...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Loney-Howes, Rachel (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2020.
Colección:Emerald studies in criminology, feminism and social change
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Half Title Page
  • Series Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Endorsements
  • Contents
  • About the Author
  • Acknowledgements
  • Chapter 1-Introduction: Keeping Rape on the Public Agenda
  • Anti-Rape Activism in the Age of Digital Media
  • Contemporary Social Movements
  • Networked Digital Counter-publics
  • Digital Protests, Discursive Activism and Online Anti-Rape Activism
  • Methodological Approach
  • Structure of This Book
  • Chapter 2-The Contours and Critiques of Anti-Rape Activism: A Brief History
  • Introduction
  • The 'Discovery' of Rape in the 1970s
  • Getting Publicly Active
  • Establishing Formal Crisis Services
  • Backlash in the 1990s
  • Feminism, Rape and Neoliberalism
  • Interrogating the Neoliberal Politics of the Personal
  • Chapter 3-Consciousness-raising and Networked Anti-Rape Counter-publics
  • Introduction
  • Cyberfeminism
  • Consciousness-raising and Anti-Rape Networks
  • Dismantling Rape Culture and Rape Myths?
  • Sustaining Consciousness-raising
  • Feminism Trending
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 4-Shifting the Rape Script*
  • Introduction
  • Unspeakable Stories
  • Speaking Out Online
  • Peer-to-Peer Witnessing and the Politics of Recognition
  • Managing Negative Witnessing
  • Therapeutic and Emotional Labour in Witnessing
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 5-The Politics of Recognition and Representation
  • Introduction
  • 'Victim' and 'Survivor' Identity Politics
  • Resisting the Representation of Victimisation
  • Subverting the Logics of 'Good Victimhood'
  • A Rational Rather Than a 'Fighting' Response
  • Men, Masculinity and Anti-Rape Activism
  • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex Visibility
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 6-Justice Practices in Digital Spaces
  • Introduction
  • Carceral Feminism and Rape Law Reform
  • Victim-centred Justice
  • 'Naming and Shaming' and Informally Reporting Rape.
  • Digital Ethics and Victim-Survivor Safety Online
  • The Impossibility of Justice
  • Conclusion
  • Conclusion: The Future of Anti-Rape Activism
  • Introduction
  • Curating Authenticity in Online Anti-Rape Activism
  • Rape as 'Women's' Responsibility
  • Online Anti-Rape Activism in a Post-#MeToo World
  • References
  • Index.