Neo-liberal Subjectivity, Self-branding and ‘My Rape Story’ YouTube Videos

This article considers the YouTube ‘My Rape Story’ genre in light of critical feminist analyses of rape survivor stories. The feminist mobilization that developed out of the political ferment of 1968 told a ‘rape story’ of male power and women’s oppression. However, as first-hand rape stories prolif...

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Published in:	Critical sociology Vol. 45; no. 7-8; pp. 1181 - 1194
Main Author:	Harrington, Carol
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London, England SAGE Publications 01.11.2019 Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects:	20th century Accounts Discourse analysis Experts Feminism Internet Liberalism Mass media effects Mobilization Mythology Narratives Neoliberalism Oppression Political power Positioning Power Psychological trauma Rape Resistance Self disclosure Self-efficacy Social media Social networks Subjectivity Survivor Talking Therapy Transformation Trauma Women Rape confession neo-liberal subject sociology self-branding feminism neo-liberalism social media
ISSN:	0896-9205, 1569-1632
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