Believability
Sexual Violence, Media, and the Politics of Doubt
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.
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.
| Autor: | Banet-Weiser Sarah Higgins, Kathryn Claire |
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| ISBN: | 9781509553822 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Verlag: | Wiley |
| Veröffentlicht: | 28.04.2023 |
| Untertitel: | Sexual Violence, Media, and the Politics of Doubt |
| Schlagworte: | Communication & Media Studies Communication & Media Studies Special Topics Cultural Studies Gender Studies Geschlechterforschung Kommunikation Kommunikation u. Medienforschung Kulturwissenschaften Race & Ethnicity Studies Rassen- u. Ethnienforschung Sexuelle Gewalt Spezialthemen Kommunikation u. Medienforschung |
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