Студенческие активисты используют риторику для борьбы с культурой сексуальных домогательств в вузах

In this Book Centering Student Activism: Feminist Rhetorical Interruptions of Sexual Assault Culture Centering Student Activism is a deep exploration of institutional responses to sexual assault. It addresses critical issues facing campuses today, examining how students navigate institutional dynamics and utilize the power of new and traditional rhetorical strategies to effect change. In doing so, it provides a profound understanding of the mechanisms by which coalitions can transform educational environments. Centering Student Activism features a national interview-based study of contemporary student activists who deploy rhetorical strategies and tactics—old and new, embodied and digital—with agility and awareness. They aim their strategies and tactics of “intersectional rhetorical feminism” to interrupt and transform a sedimented culture. The students’ activism highlights not only the harms experienced by survivors in the aftermath of their assaults but also how their efforts to communicate those harms are often stymied or silenced by official responses and practices. These student activists pair interruption with rhetorical transformation as they seek to create a survivor-centric culture. In so doing they spotlight the systemic roots of sexual violence and respond to sexual assault through intersectional, coalition-based work. Through detailed analysis and compelling narratives, Shari J. Stenberg underscores the importance of community care and mutual support in advocacy efforts. Centering Student Activism is an essential work for navigating institutional dynamics, providing an important resource to students, educators, and administrators who seek to understand how universities silence survivors and how students create ways to speak back and transform institutional culture. Table of Contents Cover Half Title Title Copyright Dedication Contents Introduction Chapter 1. A Look Back at Student Campus Activism: Efforts toward Gender Equity and Justice Chapter 2. Interrupting the Institutional Status Quo Chapter 3. Transforming Assault Culture Chapter 4. How Institutions Taint Survivors Chapter 5. How Institutions Neutralize Activists Chapter 6. Engaging Community-Identified Activism Chapter 7. A Coda: What Students’ Rhetorical Work Teaches Us Acknowledgments Appendix: The Rhetorical Work of Campus Sexual Assault Activism Works Cited Index About the Author Copyright 2026