{"product_id":"believability-sexual-violence-media-and-the-politics-of-doubt-9781509553815","title":"Believability: Sexual Violence, Media, and the Politics of Doubt","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Sarah Banet-Weiser\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Polity Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Polity Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Gender Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe #MeToo movement created more opportunities for women to speak up about sexual assault. But we are also living in a time when “fake news” and “alternative facts” call into question the very nature of truth.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis troubling paradox is at the heart of this compelling book. The convergence of #MeToo and the crisis of post-truth is used to explore the experiences of women and people of color whose claims around issues of sexual violence are often held in doubt. Banet-Weiser and Higgins investigate how the gendered and racialized logics of “believability” are defined and contested within media culture, proposing that a mediated “economy of believability” is the context in which public bids for truth about sexual violence are made, negotiated, and authorized today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45203651625111,"sku":"9781509553815","price":6423.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781509553815.webp?v=1768573584","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/believability-sexual-violence-media-and-the-politics-of-doubt-9781509553815","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}