Overview
Black BoxĀ is a riveting, sobering memoir that chronicles one womanās struggle for justice, calling for changes to an industryāand in society at largeāto ensure that future victims of sexual assault can come forward without beingĀ silenced and humiliated.
In 2015, an aspiring young journalist named Shiori Ito charged prominent reporter Noriyuki Yamaguchi with rape. After meeting up for drinks and networking, Ito remembers regaining consciousness in a hotel room while being assaulted. But when she went to the police, Ito was told that her case was a āblack boxāāuntouchable and unprosecutable.
Upon publication in 2017, Itoās searing account foregrounded the #MeToo movement in Japan and became the center of an urgent cultural and legal shift around recognizing sexual assault and gender-based violence. As international outlets covered every step of her storyāeven documenting it in the BBC film Japanās Secret Shameāthis book launched a societal reckoning. At the end of 2019, Ito won a civil case against Yamaguchi.
With careful and quiet fury,Ā Black BoxĀ recounts a broken system of repression and violenceābut it also heralds the beginning of a new solidarity movement seeking a more equitable path toward justice.
This book title, Black Box (The Memoir That Sparked Japan's #MeToo Movement), ISBN: 9781952177972, by Shiori Ito, Allison Markin Powell, published by The Feminist Press at CUNY (July 13, 2021) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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