Tainted witness : why we doubt what women say about their lives /

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In 1991, Anita Hill brought testimony and scandal into America's living rooms during televised Senate confirmation hearings in which she detailed the sexual harassment she had suffered at the hands of Clarence Thomas. The male Senate Judiciary Committee refused to take Hill seriously, and the v...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gilmore, Leigh, 1959- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]
Series:Gender and culture.
Subjects:
Sex discrimination against women > Law and legislation.
Sex discrimination > Law and legislation.
Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration.
Witnesses > Public opinion.
Crime > Sex differences.
Women > Crimes against > Law and legislation > Public opinion.
False testimony.
Feminist theory.
Discrimination sexuelle dans l'administration de la justice pénale.
Faux témoignage.
Théorie féministe.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
Women > Crimes against > Law and legislation > Public opinion
Crime > Sex differences
False testimony
Feminist theory
Sex discrimination against women > Law and legislation
Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration
Sex discrimination > Law and legislation
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: tainted witness in testimonial networks
  • Anita Hill, Clarence Thomas, and the search for an adequate witness
  • Jurisdictions and testimonial networks: Rigoberta Menchu
  • Neoliberal life narrative: from testimony to self-help
  • Witness by proxy: girls in humanitarian storytelling
  • Tainted witness in law and literature: Nafissatou Diallo and Jamaica Kincaid
  • Conclusion: testimonial publics-#BlackLivesMatter and Claudia Rankine's Citizen.

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