Tainted witness : why we doubt what women say about their lives /
Leigh Gilmore.
- xi, 218 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-207) and index.
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.
9780231177146 (cloth : alk. paper)
2016033453
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.