Tainted witness why we doubt what women say about their lives / Leigh Gilmore.
| Author/creator | Gilmore, Leigh, 1959- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Columbia University Press, [2017] |
| Description | xi, 218 pages ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete |
| Subjects |
| 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-207) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2016033453 |
| ISBN | 9780231177146 (cloth : alk. paper) |