Session Details

Friday, 07 January

281. Gendered Evidence: Ethics and Human Rights

12:00 noon–1:15 p.m., 303A, LA Convention Center

Program arranged by the Women’s Caucus for the Modern Languages

Presiding: Wendy Hesford, Ohio State Univ., Columbus

1. “Relational Testimony: Sylvia Guerrero and the Justice for Victims Act,” Laura Elizabeth Lyons, Univ. of Hawai‘i, Mānoa

2. “The Evidentiary Power of Grief in A Girl like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story,” Cynthia Franklin, Univ. of Hawai‘i, Mānoa

3. “When Rape Is Not Evidence: The Case of African War Narratives,” Eleni Eva Coundouriotis, Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs

Respondent: Kirstie McClure, Univ. of California, Los Angeles

For abstracts, visit http://blogs.davidson.edu/wcml/ after 15 Dec.

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