Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Gilmore, Leigh, 1959-

Publication

New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]

Details

Description

1 online resource (xi, 218 pages)

Uniform Title

Tainted witness (Online)

Alternative Title

Tainted witness (Online)

Subject

• 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

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-207) and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

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.

LCCN

2016033453

OCLC

ssj0001748466

Author

Gilmore, Leigh, 1959-

Title

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

Imprint

New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-207) and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

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