#MeToo and the Politics of Social Change (eBook)

Bianca Fileborn, Rachel Loney-Howes (Herausgeber)

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2019 | 1st ed. 2019
XXIV, 350 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-15213-0 (ISBN)

Infos

#MeToo has sparked a global re-emergence of sexual violence activism and politics. This edited collection uses the #MeToo movement as a starting point for interrogating contemporary debates in anti-sexual violence activism and justice-seeking. It draws together 19 accessible chapters from academics, practitioners, and sexual violence activists across the globe to provide diverse, critical, and nuanced perspectives on the broader implications of the movement. It taps into wider conversations about the nature, history, and complexities of anti-rape and anti-sexual harassment politics, including the limitations of the movement including in the global South. It features both internationally recognised and emerging academics from across the fields of criminology, media and communications, film studies, gender and queer studies, and law and will appeal broadly to the academic community, activists, and beyond.

Bianca Fileborn is Lecturer in Criminology at the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne, Australia. Her research examines the intersections of space/place, identity, culture and sexual violence, and justice responses to sexual violence. Dr. Fileborn was awarded an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award in 2019 to examine justice responses to street harassment. Other recent projects include an examination of safety and sexual violence at Australian music festivals, sexual violence in licensed venues, and LGBTIQ+ young people's involvement in family violence. She is the author of Reclaiming The Night-Time Economy: Unwanted Sexual Attention in Pubs and Clubs (Palgrave Macmillan). 

Rachel Loney-Howes is Lecturer in Criminology in the School of Health and Society at the University of Wollongong, Australia. A critical socio-legal studies scholar, her research explores the nature, history, and scope of anti-rape activism, with a particular focus on the relationship between activism, support services, and law reform.  

Inhalt

Foreword 6
References 8
Acknowledgments 9
Contents 11
Notes on Contributors 15
1: Introduction: Mapping the Emergence of #MeToo 23
#MeToo as a Moment of Reckoning 25
The Politics of Social Change 27
Situating #MeToo: Trajectories of Feminist Anti-rape Activism 28
Me Too, but Not You: Accounting for Who can Speak and be Heard 30
Are We Listening Now? 32
Outline of the Book 34
The Politics of Speaking Out and Consciousness-Raising 34
Whose Bodies Matter? #MeToo and the Politics of Inclusion 35
Not All That Glitters Is Gold: #MeToo, the Entertainment Industry and Media Reporting 36
Ethical Possibilities and the Future of Anti-sexual Violence Activism 37
References 38
Part I: The Politics of Speaking out and Consciousness-Raising 41
2: The Politics of the Personal: The Evolution of Anti-rape Activism From Second-Wave Feminism to #MeToo 42
Introduction 42
A Radical Agenda for Change 43
Personalizing Victimization 46
Returning to the Political 48
#MeToo in the Activist Canon 49
The Politics of the Personal: Developing an Agenda for Change After #MeToo 52
Conclusion 54
References 54
3: Digital Feminist Activism: #MeToo and the Everyday Experiences of Challenging Rape Culture 57
‘The World Should Know That We Face Harassment Everywhere’: Being Moved Into Action 59
An Easy, Banal, or “Low-Intensity” Form of Activism? 63
The Transformative Potential of #MeToo 66
Conclusion 68
References 69
4: Online Feminist Activism as Performative Consciousness-Raising: A #MeToo Case Study 72
Introduction 72
Consciousness-Raising Across the Waves 74
Performing #MeToo, Identity, and Public Participation 77
#MeToo Storytelling as Consciousness-Raising 80
Concluding Thoughts 84
References 85
5: You Say #MeToo, I Say #MiTu: China’s Online Campaigns Against Sexual Abuse 89
Introduction 89
University: The Ground Zero 90
Social and Governmental Responses 92
The Cat and Mouse Game 94
The Limitations of the Current Campaign 96
Conclusion 98
References 99
6: A Thousand and One Stories: Myth and the #MeToo Movement 102
Introduction 102
Cassandra 104
Philomela 106
Scheherazade 107
Myth and the Modern Day 108
Conclusion 110
References 112
Part II: Whose Bodies Matter? #MeToo and the Politics of Inclusion 113
7: From ‘Me Too’ to ‘Too Far’? Contesting the Boundaries of Sexual Violence in Contemporary Activism 114
From Watershed to Witch Hunt 115
Delineating the ‘Boundaries’ of Sexual Violence 117
Reconstructing the Boundaries of Sexual Violence 119
Rethinking ‘Perpetration’ 123
#MeToo: Not Far Enough 126
References 127
8: This Black Body Is Not Yours for the Taking 131
Introduction 131
Initial #MeToo Conversations in Australia with Black Women 133
Historical Representations of Black Women 134
‘Black Velvet’ and ‘Gin Jockeys’ 135
Deadly Women’s Blues 136
The ‘Meanjin Debacle’ and Latte Magazine 138
The Curious Case of Trevor Noah 140
Black and White Feminism 142
The Long Way to Go 144
References 144
9: Beyond the Bright Lights: Are Minoritized Women Outside the Spotlight Able to Say #MeToo? 147
‘Our Work Wasn’t Recognized as “Work”’: What Does #MeToo Mean for Women in the Informal Economy? 150
‘Our Disclosures Are Weaponized’: Can Muslim Women in Europe Say #MeToo? 153
How Can #MeToo Find Relevance for Minoritized Women Out of the Limelight? 157
Conclusion 159
References 160
10: ‘It’s Not Just Men and Women’: LGBTQIA People and #MeToo 164
Debunking the Cis-hetero Myth 166
What Can Queers Do When They Are Assaulted Anyway? 167
The History of Queer Sex as a Perversion 170
Homonormativity and #MeToo 171
Perpetrator-Victim-Perpetrator-Survivor 174
What Queers Have to Offer 176
References 177
Part III: Not All That Glitters Is Gold: #MeToo, the Entertainment Industry and Media Reporting 181
11: #MeToo and the Reasons To Be Cautious 182
The Trump Testimony 183
#MeToo as a Consciousness-Raiser 186
The Policy Challenges for #MeToo 188
Media and the Hollywood Limitation 189
The Swinging Pendulum of Politics 192
References 193
12: Substitution Activism: The Impact of #MeToo in Argentina 196
Introduction 196
Feminist Agendas in Argentina: Gendered Violence and Abortion 200
#MeToo Arrives in Argentina 203
Energizing the Abortion Debate in Argentina 203
The Limit to the Anti-rape Agenda 205
Conclusion 206
References 208
13: Shitty Media Men 211
Jumbled Allegations 213
Lack of Verification and ‘Due Process’ 216
The Ethics of ‘Naming and Shaming’ 219
Aims and Limitations of Whisper Networks 221
Conclusion 223
References 223
14: Journalist Guidelines and Media Reporting in the Wake of #MeToo 227
Introduction 227
Media Guidelines for Reporting on Violence Against Women 228
The Articles 228
Presentations of Victim-Survivors 229
Presentations of Perpetrators 233
Presentations of Violence Against Women 236
Inform and Educate 239
Conclusion 241
Suggestions for Journalists 241
References 242
15: ‘A Reckoning That Is Long Overdue’: Reconfiguring the Work of Progressive Sex Advice Post #MeToo 245
Introduction 245
Analyzing Sex Advice in the Left-Wing Media 246
Do I Need to Change How I Live? 248
Could I Have Been a Perpetrator, Too? 251
Is It Even Possible to Create a Safe Sexual Culture? 254
Conclusion 256
References 258
Part IV: Ethical Possibilities and the Future of Anti-sexual Violence Activism 261
16: Consent Lies Destroy Lives: Pleasure as the Sweetest Taboo 262
Introduction 262
The Trouble with Consent as a Yes-No Binary Conversation 265
The Inconvenient Truth 268
Ideas into Action—How Honesty Can Teach Us About Consent 270
Equality for All—Except in Bed 273
Conclusion 274
References 275
17: #MeToo as Sex Panic 276
Introduction 276
A Watershed Moment? 278
Situating #MeToo as Sex Panic 280
The Continuum of Consent: Making Space for Pleasure and Danger 283
References 290
Legislation 292
18: Men and #MeToo: Mapping Men’s Responses to Anti-violence Advocacy 293
Men: Listen to Women 294
Men: Put Your Own House in Order 299
Men: Smash the Patriarchy 302
Conclusion 304
References 305
19: Understanding Anger: Ethical Responsiveness and the Cultural Production of Celebrity Masculinities 309
Introduction 309
Hypermasculinity as an Outdated Representation of the Problem 311
Hegemonic Masculinity and Transnational Capitalism 314
Pivoting the Debate: Toward an Ethics of Mutuality, Vulnerability and Care 317
Conclusion 321
References 322
20: Online Justice in the Circuit of Capital: #MeToo, Marketization and the Deformation of Sexual Ethics 324
The Development of the #MeToo Media Template 325
The Corporate Choreography of Online Activism 326
Communicative Capitalism and #MeToo 328
Aziz Ansari 329
Junot Diaz 331
Cory Booker 334
Conclusion 337
References 338
21: Conclusion: ‘A New Day Is on the Horizon’? 342
From #MeToo to #NoMore: Where to from Here? 347
Reference 349
Index 350

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.9.2019
• Zusatzinfo: XXIV, 350 p.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Politik / Gesellschaft
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: crime and gender • crime and media • cybercrime • Digital Activism • Donald Trump • Ethnicity, Class, Gender and Crime • feminist activism • feminist politics • feminist theory • Harvey Weinstein • Hollywood • #metoo • metoo • Queer • Rape • rape activism • Sex and Gender • sexual behavior • Sexual consent • sexual ethics • sexual politics • Slutwalk • victims
• ISBN-10: 3-030-15213-8 / 3030152138
• ISBN-13: 978-3-030-15213-0 / 9783030152130