Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics and the Limits of Law
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (752 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0896087964 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 248 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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Davis, author, activist, and Professor Emerita, History of Consciousness, UC Santa CruzAn invaluable resource not just for rethinking gender justice, but for rethinking how we do social justice organizing in general.” Andrea Smith, author of Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian GenocideSharply political, deeply intellectual, broadly accessible, Normal Life is exactly what we need right now.” Lisa Duggan, author of The Twilight of Equality?: Neoliberalism, Cultural Politics, and the Attack on DemocracyThis street-smart and theoretically sophisticated little book should be required reading for all would-be radicals looking for practical ways to build a better future." Susan Stryker, Associat
This approach assumes that the state and its legal, policing, and social services apparatuseven its policies and documents of belonging and non-belongingare neutral and benevolent. While we all have to comply with the gender binaries set forth by regulatory bodies of law and administration, many trans people, especially the most marginalized, are even more at risk for poverty, violence, and premature death by virtue of those same neutral” legal structures.Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics, and the Limits of Law raises revelatory critiques of the current strategies pivoting solely on a legal
Jack Finley said Radical and Integral - please read this.. A phenomenal exploration of an often-invisibilized topic. Well written, concise, and bitingly clear about what needs to change. A radical re-envisioning necessary for anyone who is invested (or even interested) in LGBTQI issues. I cannot recommend highly enough!. Required reading I cannot possibly recommend this book highly enough. It will change how you view the LGBTQI justice movement, U.S. politics, and countless social institutions in the U.S. Should be standard reading in poli sci and queer theory classrooms everywhere.. "Read This Book" according to paulsivak. For anyone looking to do real work in the world this is a "must read"! This is a clear concise guide for activists, students and would be non profit directors.