Tainted Witness : : Why We Doubt What Women Say About Their Lives / / Leigh Gilmore.
In 1991, Anita Hill's testimony during Clarence Thomas's Senate confirmation hearing brought the problem of sexual harassment to a public audience. Although widely believed by women, Hill was defamed by conservatives and Thomas was confirmed to the Supreme Court. The tainting of Hill and h...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2017] ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Gender and Culture Series
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Tainted Witness in Testimonial Networks
- 1. Anita Hill, Clarence Thomas, and the Search for an Adequate Witness
- 2. Jurisdictions and Testimonial Networks: Rigoberta Menchú
- 3. Neoliberal Life Narrative: From Testimony to Self-Help
- 4. Witness by Proxy: Girls in Humanitarian Storytelling
- 5. Tainted Witness in Law and Literature: Nafissatou Diallo and Jamaica Kincaid
- Conclusion: Testimonial Publics-#BlackLivesMatter and Claudia Rankine's Citizen
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index