Believability - Sexual Violence, Media, and the Politics of Doubt (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Polity Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2023
First published:	2023
Authors:	Sarah Banet-Weiser • Kathryn Claire Higgins
Dimensions:	221 x 142 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-1-5095-5381-5
Categories:	Books Promotions
LSN:	1-5095-5381-9
Barcode:	9781509553815

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