Believing : our thirty-year journey to end gender violence / Anita Hill.
Title:
Believing : our thirty-year journey to end gender violence / Anita Hill.
ISBN:
9780593298299
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Publication Information:
New York : Viking, [2021]
©2021
Physical Description:
xviii, 334 pages ; 24 cm
Contents:
Introduction: boiling the ocean -- Our state of denial -- Frozen -- A "recurrent feature of our social experience" -- The myth of the woke generation -- Institutional neglect -- The millennial workplace -- A woman's worth: representation, violence, and equality -- Victim shaming -- Politics: rage, compromises, and backlash -- Accountability.
Summary:
"From the woman who gave the landmark testimony against Clarence Thomas as a sexual menace, a new manifesto about the origins and course of gender violence in our society; a combination of memoir, personal accounts, law, and social analysis, and a powerful call to arms from one of our most prominent and poised survivors. In 1991, Anita Hill began something that's still unfinished work. The issues of gender violence, touching on sex, race, age, and power, are as urgent today as they were when she first testified. Believing is a story of America's three decades long reckoning with gender violence, one that offers insights into its roots, and paths to creating dialogue and substantive change. It is a call to action that offers guidance based on what this brave, committed fighter has learned from a lifetime of advocacy and her search for solutions to a problem that is still tearing America apart... "-- Provided by publisher.
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OCLC Number:
on1245346533
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