Tainted witness why we doubt what women say about their lives / Leigh Gilmore.

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 197-207) and index.
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LCCN 2016033453
ISBN9780231177146 (cloth : alk. paper)