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Unlivable Lives [electronic resource] : Violence and Identity in Transgender Activism.

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"The vast majority of anti-violence activism in the United States occurs within the framework of identity politics. Identity-based movements, such as those to stop violence against people of color, women, and LGBT people, have become so commonplace as to seem to be a natural way to reduce viole...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Westbrook, Laurel, 1980- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Gender identity > Political aspects > United States.
Gender identity > Social aspects > United States.
Identity politics > United States.
Sexual minorities > United States.
Transgender people > Social aspects > United States.
Transgender people > Violence against > United States.
Gender identity > Political aspects.
Gender identity > Social aspects.
Identity politics.
Sexual minorities.
Transgender people > Violence against.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Unlivable lives : the origins and outcomes of identity-based anti-violence activism
  • Violence matters : producing identity through accounts of murder
  • Atypical archetypes : the causes and consequences of famous victims of violence
  • Homogeneous subjecthood : how activists' focus on identity obscures patterns of violence
  • Valuable and vulnerable : how activists' tactical repertoires shape subjecthood and generate fear
  • Shaping solutions : how identity politics influence violence prevention efforts
  • Facilitating livable lives : alternative approaches to anti-violence activism
  • Appendix A: Transgender anti-violence organizations
  • Appendix B: Collecting data on murders of transgender people.

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