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Sex, consent and justice : a new feminist framework / Tina Sikka

Author
Sikka, Tina, 1979-
Published
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]
Copyright Date
©2022
Physical Description
1 online resource (viii, 254 pages)
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Contents
Introduction : The Genesis of #MeToo -- Feminist Waves, Movements and Moments -- Consent Cultures, Alternatives and a New Approach -- #MeToo Past and Future -- #MeToo and the Case for Restorative Justice -- Case Studies, Methodology and Harvey Weinstein -- The Case of Comedian Louis C.K. -- Media Personality Jian Ghomeshi -- New York University Professor Avital Ronell -- Actor and Comedian Aziz Ansari -- Conclusion : #MeToo : New Models and New Possibilities.
Summary
"Increasingly fraught debates about sex, consent, feminism, justice, law, and gender relations have taken centre stage in academic, journalistic and social media circles in recent years. This has resulted in myriad new theories, debates and mediated movements including #MeToo and #TimesUp. In this book, Tina Sikka explores many of the contradictions and tensions that make up these debates and movements. She looks at those that draw together contemporary understandings of justice, violence, consent, pleasure and desire"--
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ISBN
9781474479226 (webready PDF)
1474479227 (webready PDF)
9781474479233 (epub)
1474479235 (epub)
9781474479202 (hardback)
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographic references (pages 175-245) and index.
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