Full Description
Since the MeToo hashtag went viral in 2017, the movement has burgeoned across social media, moving beyond Twitter and into living rooms and courtrooms. It has spread unevenly across the globe, with some countries and societies more impacted than others, and interacted with existing feminist movements, struggles, and resistances.This interdisciplinary handbook identifies thematic and theoretical areas that require attention and interrogation, inviting the reader to make connections between the ways in which the #MeToo movement has panned out in different parts of the world, seeing it in the context of the many feminist and gendered struggles already in place, as well as the solidarities with similar movements across countries and cultures.With contributions from gender experts spanning a wide range of disciplines including political science, history, sociology, law, literature, and philosophy, this groundbreaking book will have contemporary relevance for scholars, feminists, gender researchers, and policy-makers across the globe.
Contents
Foreword IntroductionTheories 1. Struggle, Solidarity, and Social Change 2. #MeToo as a Revolutionary Cascade 3. Global #MeToo 4. Subject of Desire / Subject of Feminism: Some Notes on the Split Subject(s) of #MeToo 5. #MeToo as a Variegated Phenomenon against Men's Violences and Violations: Implications for Men and Masculinities 6. #MeToo Beyond Invulnerability: Towards a New Ontological Paradigm 7. The Anonymous Feminist: Agency, Trauma, Personhood, and the #MeToo Movement 8. Silencing Resistance to the Patriarchy 9. #MeToo, African feminisms and the scourge of stereotypes Section II: Contexts 10. Narrating #MeToo: Calling Our Organizations to Action 11. On Tambourines, Hashtags and ReRooting / ReRouting Survivor Voice in Caribbean Feminist Movement Building 12. Moving from Theory to Praxis: Sexual Violence and the #MeToo Movement 13. Wieners, Whiners, Weinsteins and Worse 14. Of Moguls, Monsters, and Men 15. Many New Solutions to Workplace Sexual Harassment in a Post #MeToo Era, But Will They Do The Trick? 16. Being a Disabled Feminist Killjoy in a Feminist Movement 17. Black Women, #MeToo and Resisting Plantation Feminism Section III: Global Perspectives 18. #MeToo: Anger, Denouncement and Hope 19. #MeToo in France, a Feminist Revolution? A Sociohistorical Approach 20. Polish #MeToo: When Concern for Men's Rights Derails the Women's Revolution 21. # (#IAmNotAfraidToSpeak), #MeToo, and the Russian Media: Public Discourse Around Violence Against Women in Russia 22. #MeToo in Post-Socialist Countries: A Comparative Analysis of Romanian and Chinese Feminist Activism Against Sexual Violence 23. In the Name of #RiceBunny: Legacy, Strategy, and Efficiency of the Chinese #MeToo Movement 24. The #MeToo Movement in Japan: Tentative Steps Towards Transformation 25. 'Ana Kaman' - MeToo in the Arab World: A Journalist's Account 26. #MeToo, the Law, and Anti-Sexual Violence Activism in Kenya 27. Critical Reflections on #MeToo in Contemporary South Africa Through an African Feminist Lens 28. #MeToo Argentina: A Protest Movement in Progress 29. From #MeToo to #NiUnaMenos in Latin America with Focus on the Case of Mexico 30. #Akademiuppropet: Social Media as a Tool for Shaping a Counter-Public Space in Sweden 31. Fighting Structural Inequalites: Feminist Activism and the #MeToo Movement in Iceland
