The New Campus Anit-Rape Movement: Internet Activism and Social Justice - Softcover

Heldman, Caroline

 
9781498554039: The New Campus Anit-Rape Movement: Internet Activism and Social Justice

Synopsis

After 40 years of activists working to reduce sexual violence on college campuses, in 2014, the new Campus Anti-Rape Movement (CARM) finally put this issue on the national policy agenda. President Barack Obama credited “an inspiring wave of student-led activism” for catapulting campus rape into public consciousness. This book positions the new CARM within a long history of anti-sexual violence activism in the U.S. The authors describe the major events of this new movement and how it coalesced. The authors also analyze the new CARM through a social movement lens, and examine the role of new laws and social media in facilitating movement successes. The book argues that the new CARM laid the groundwork for the emergence of #MeToo, the highest profile campaign against sexual harassment/violence to date in U.S. history.

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About the Authors

Caroline Heldman is associate professor of politics at Occidental College and the research director for the Geena Davis Institute for Gender in Media.

Alissa R. Ackerman is associate professor of Criminal Justice in the Division of Politics, Administration and Justice at California State University, Fullerton.

Ian Breckenridge-Jackson is lecturer in the Sociology Department at California State University, Los Angeles.

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ISBN 10:  1498554016 ISBN 13:  9781498554015
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