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Record Nr.

UNINA9910476775003321

Autore

Loney-Howes Rachel

Titolo

Online Anti-Rape Activism : Exploring the Politics of the Personal in the Age of Digital Media

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Emerald Publishing, 2020

Bingley : , : Emerald Publishing Limited, , 2020

©2020

ISBN

1-83867-439-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 pages)

Collana

Emerald Studies in Criminology, Feminism and Social Change

Disciplina

364

Soggetti

Social Science / Criminology

Social Science / Women's Studies

Social Science / Sexual Abuse & Harassment

Social sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Half Title Page -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Endorsements -- Contents -- About the Author -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1-Introduction: Keeping Rape on the Public Agenda -- Anti-Rape Activism in the Age of Digital Media -- Contemporary Social Movements -- Networked Digital Counter-publics -- Digital Protests, Discursive Activism and Online Anti-Rape Activism -- Methodological Approach -- Structure of This Book -- Chapter 2-The Contours and Critiques of Anti-Rape Activism: A Brief History -- Introduction -- The 'Discovery' of Rape in the 1970s -- Getting Publicly Active -- Establishing Formal Crisis Services -- Backlash in the 1990s -- Feminism, Rape and Neoliberalism -- Interrogating the Neoliberal Politics of the Personal -- Chapter 3-Consciousness-raising and Networked Anti-Rape Counter-publics -- Introduction -- Cyberfeminism -- Consciousness-raising and Anti-Rape Networks -- Dismantling Rape Culture and Rape Myths? -- Sustaining Consciousness-raising -- Feminism Trending -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4-Shifting the Rape Script* -- Introduction -- Unspeakable Stories -- Speaking Out Online -- Peer-to-Peer Witnessing and the



Politics of Recognition -- Managing Negative Witnessing -- Therapeutic and Emotional Labour in Witnessing -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5-The Politics of Recognition and Representation -- Introduction -- 'Victim' and 'Survivor' Identity Politics -- Resisting the Representation of Victimisation -- Subverting the Logics of 'Good Victimhood' -- A Rational Rather Than a 'Fighting' Response -- Men, Masculinity and Anti-Rape Activism -- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex Visibility -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6-Justice Practices in Digital Spaces -- Introduction -- Carceral Feminism and Rape Law Reform -- Victim-centred Justice -- 'Naming and Shaming' and Informally Reporting Rape.

Digital Ethics and Victim-Survivor Safety Online -- The Impossibility of Justice -- Conclusion -- Conclusion: The Future of Anti-Rape Activism -- Introduction -- Curating Authenticity in Online Anti-Rape Activism -- Rape as 'Women's' Responsibility -- Online Anti-Rape Activism in a Post-#MeToo World -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access, thanks to Knowledge Unlatched funding, and freely available to read online.This book examines the nature, use and scope of online spaces for anti-rape activism, offering a critical commentary on its limitations and potentials.