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Tainted witness why we doubt what women say about their lives Cover Image E-book

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

Gilmore, Leigh, 1959- (author.). OverDrive, Inc., (distributor.).

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  • ISBN: 9780231543446
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource
  • Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]

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General Note:
Electronic book.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
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Electronic reproduction. LaVergne Columbia University Press 2017 Available via World Wide Web.

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Subject: Crime > Sex differences.
False testimony.
Feminist theory.
Sex discrimination against women > Law and legislation.
Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration.
Sex discrimination > Law and legislation.
Witnesses > Public opinion.
Women > Crimes against > Law and legislation > Public opinion.
Genre: Electronic books.