S Banet Weiser (2 results)

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:9780520217911.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 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 experiences 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.…