Witnessing Girlhood: Toward an Intersectional Tradition of Life Writing

by Leigh Gilmore and Elizabeth A. Marshall

Book Overview

When more than 150 women testified in 2018 to the sexual abuse inflicted on them by Dr. Larry Nassar when they were young, competitive gymnasts, they exposed and transformed the conditions that shielded their violation, including the testimonial disadvantages that cluster at the site of gender, youth, and race. In Witnessing Girlhood, Leigh Gilmore and Elizabeth Marshall argue that they also joined a long tradition of autobiographical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823285480
• ISBN13: 9780823285488
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"