{"product_id":"the-metoo-effect-9780231194204","title":"The MeToo Effect","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeigh Gilmore provides a new account of #MeToo that reveals how storytelling by survivors propelled the call for sexual justice beyond courts and high-profile cases. She reframes #MeToo as a breakthrough moment within a longer history of feminist thought and activism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA thoughtful and thorough consideration of a global movement. * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003eLeigh Gilmore writes with compelling authority about the sizable contribution that narrative expression makes to our understanding of justice. \u003ci\u003eThe #MeToo Effect\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates how victims and survivors have exposed the bias in traditional fact-finding processes, emphasizing that diverse trauma sufferers’ public storytelling is a longstanding tradition that pushes society closer to the truth. -- Anita Hill, author of \u003ci\u003eBelieving: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaying careful attention to gendered, racial, class, and sexual power hierarchies, Gilmore offers a compelling and deeply considered analysis—grounded in literary history and criticism, from Harriet Jacobs to Sophocles—of narrative activism, storytelling in service of social change, tracing its explosive trajectory before, during, and since the 2017 #MeToo peak. This is such a smart book that complicates and enriches an understanding of recent feminist movements and the literary and activist lineage on which they are built. -- Rebecca Traister, author of \u003ci\u003eGood and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe #MeToo Effect is a powerful, persuasive, and truly comprehensive story about the moment when millions of victims of sexual assault came together and used their narrative power to change the world. This is an essential read for anyone interested in understanding how the #MeToo movement was born, its successes, and how it continues to shape our conversations and culture today. -- Salamishah Tillet, activist, scholar, and winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Criticism\u003cbr\u003eThis book offers a powerful, painful and profound vision of #MeToo as a form of narrative activism . Gilmore asks us to be alert to the ethical and political promise of #MeToo, how it builds on a long lineage of feminist activism and creates alternative pathways for justice. A necessary and vital book. -- Sara Ahmed, author of \u003ci\u003eComplaint!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGilmore draws on her peerless knowledge of women’s life writing and feminist theory to provide a stunningly original account that situates #MeToo in a long history of feminist narrative activism. This is a searing and ultimately hopeful analysis of how survivor testimony can change the world. -- Sharon Marcus, Columbia University, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Drama of Celebrity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDo ‘ladies lie’? ‘Survivor reading’ and ‘narrative activism’ are Leigh Gilmore’s powerful replies to the age-old charge. She argues for a #MeToo effect that has furthered the healing and justice that courts have all too often failed to give. A readable, rigorous, and compelling book. -- Bonnie Honig, author of \u003ci\u003eA Feminist Theory of Refusal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI highly recommend reading this book to be challenged, to deepen one’s understanding, and to be inspired to do more. It’s a five out of five on the enJOYment scale. * Moonglo Texas *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: The #MeToo Effect\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Narrative Activism and Survivor Testimony\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e1. The #MeToo Effect: From “He Said\/She Said” to Collective Witness\u003cbr\u003e2. Buildup: Survivors in Public, Trump, and the Women’s March\u003cbr\u003e3. Breakthrough: #MeToo Silence Breakers\u003cbr\u003e4. Backdrop: Antirape Lineage from Harriet Jacobs to Tarana Burke\u003cbr\u003e5. #MeToo Stress Test: The Kavanaugh Hearings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Narrative Justice and Survivor Reading\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6. Reading Like a Survivor\u003cbr\u003e7. #MeToo Storytelling\u003cbr\u003e8. Consent Before and After #MeToo\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: Promising Young Women--What We Owe Survivors\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400346411351,"sku":"9780231194204","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-metoo-effect-9780231194204","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}