#MeToo and beyond : perspectives on a global movement / edited by M. Cristina Alcalde and Paula-Irene Villa.
| Other author | Alcalde, M. Cristina editor. |
| Other author | Villa, Paula-Irene, editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, [2022] |
| Description | vi, 242 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: Disrupting the Familiar, Approaching #MeToo / by M. Cristina Alcalde and Paula-Irene Villa -- #MeToo and the Future of Feminist Anti-Violence Activism in Australia / by Rachel Loney-Howes -- Tackling Gender-Based Violence in South Africa: Organizing, Calling Out, Embracing #MeToo / by Kammila Naidoo and Denise Buiten -- Changing Men and Masculinities in the UK and Beyond in the Wake of #MeToo / by Stephen Burrell -- In Singular and Plural Voice: #MeToo, Law, and Solidarity / by Srimati Basu -- The Language of MeToo in South African and North American Media Discourses / by Desiree Lewis -- #GamAni: How #MeToo Inpsired the American Jewish Community to Look Inward...and Where the Human Family Goes From Here / by Keren R. McGinity -- Intimacy, Transgression, Ethics: Scripts and Silences in Gendered Academia / by Rukmini Sen -- Queering #MeToo: Working Toward Queer and Trans Inclusion / by Xavier L. Guadalupe-Diaz and Elizabeth Whalley -- On Being Public: Feminism, Sexual Harassment, and the Question of Palestine / by Ruth Preser -- NiUnaMenos: Beyond the Rally, A Field in Dispute / by Fanni Muñoz -- Afterword: #Metoo, Just a Hashtag? / Paula-Irene Villa and Cristina Alcalde |
| Abstract | "#NiUnaMenos #Aufschrei #LoSHA Before #MeToo became a massive global movement, these were the hashtags that represented activists from Ukraine to Peru who demanded accountability for the sexual violence and racism, xenophobia, and misogyny inflicted on women, transgender people, and girls. Led by activists such as Tarana Burke, who popularized the phrase "me too," these movements provided a call to action for survivors across the world to speak out about their experiences. In #MeToo and Beyond, M. Cristina Alcalde and Paula-Irene Villa bring together scholars and activists from various backgrounds to approach #MeToo from multiple spaces, positionalities, and areas of expertise, many from regions and contexts often overlooked and understudied in the mediascapes of the global North. This volume includes perspectives from around the world and touches on diverse topics spanning masculinity studies, transgender people's heightened risk of suffering sexual harassment and violence, the internal conflict in American Jewish communities as activists began speaking out against prominent members who relied on shared cultural values to shame their victims, as well as many other significant aspects of the first all-inclusive international effort to end gender-based violence. The editors and contributors heed Burke's call to amplify marginalized voices so that instead of becoming footnotes, these voices guide activists to frame polyphony as central to understanding past, current, and future forms of gender-based violence and resistance. The goal of #MeToo and Beyond is to examine both profoundly universal and specific experiences of sexual violence, as well as the collective effort to stop gender-based violence wherever it occurs. Activists and scholars will find this book an important and necessary contribution to current and future discussions on sexual violence and global movements"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2022024382 |
| ISBN | 9780813195599 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0813195594 hardcover |
| ISBN | 9780813195605 paperback |
| ISBN | 0813195608 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic publication |