Tainted witness why we doubt what women say about their lives

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

Author/creator	Gilmore, Leigh, 1959-
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]
Description	xi, 218 pages ; 24 cm
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Subject(s)	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.

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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-207) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2016033453
ISBN	9780231177146 (cloth : alk. paper)

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