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Lädt ... Know My Name: A Memoir (Original 2019; 2019. Auflage)von Chanel Miller (Autor)
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Like many other people, I remembered the Brock Turner trial. The young woman, found outside being assaulted in an alleyway by a Stanford swimmer. The European grad students who stopped it, who chased him down. The trial. Her searing victim impact statement. The pathetically light sentence. The judge who issued it being recalled. Amid the larger social meaning of it all, it can be startlingly easy to forget that there was a full human being who this particular thing happened to. Chanel Miller’s memoir ensures that forgetting, even for a moment, a victim’s fundamental personhood will be well nigh impossible to do. And it makes it clear how much, in addition to the crime perpetrated against them, “the process” serves to continue that trauma, inflict it in new ways. The constant delays kept her suspended in time, unable to move forward. She had to constantly relive the experience of waking up in the hospital, confused, of being poked and prodded and invaded all over again to complete the rape kit. She wasn’t able to continue working. She could not fully let her guard down around her sister for fear of contaminating her sister’s testimony. She contemplated suicide. It’s just gut pinch after gut punch. But Miller’s incisive, clear writing, telling an incredibly powerful story, is well worth it if you can stomach the subject matter. An incredible book that should be required reading (especially for men). ( ) This story is so insanely powerful. There is nothing I can say that puts into words who deep and hard this narrative hit me in my soul. Emily Doe's victim impact speech continues to be such an impactful, meaningful, and powerful piece of writing that continues to sit with me every day. There is simply nothing I can say that conveys all of my feelings. You must read.
Miller is an extraordinary writer: plain, precise and moving. The memoir's sharpest moments focus on her family and their grief over her attack. AuszeichnungenPrestigeträchtige AuswahlenBemerkenswerte Listen
"She was know to the world as Emily Doe when she stunned millions with a letter. Brock Turner had been sentenced to just six months in county jail after he was found sexually assaulting her on Stanford's campus. Her victim impact statement was posted on BuzzFeed, where it instantly went viral--viewed by almost eleven million people within four days, it was translated globally and read on the floor of Congress; it inspired changes in California law and the recall of the judge in the case. Thousands wrote to say that she had given them the courage to share their own experiences of assault for the first time. Now she reclaims her identity to tell her story of trauma, transcendence, and the power of words. It was the perfect case, in many ways--there were eyewitnesses, Turner ran away, physical evidence was immediately secured. But her struggles with isolation and shame during the aftermath and the trial reveal the oppression victims face in even the best-case scenarios. Her story illuminates a culture biased to protect perpetrators, indicts a criminal justice system designed to fail the most vulnerable, and, ultimately, shines with the courage required to move through suffering and live a full and beautiful life. "Know My Name" will forever transform the way we think about sexual assault, challenging our beliefs about what is acceptable and speaking truth to the tumultuous reality of healing. It also introduces readers to an extraordinary writer, one whose words have already changed our world. Entwining pain, resilience, and humor, this memoir will stand as a modern classic." -- summary from book jacket. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)364.1532Social sciences Social problems and services; associations Criminology Crimes and Offenses Offenses against persons "Sexual" crimes RapeKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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