Unlivable Lives Violence and Identity in Transgender Activism.
Anti-violence movements rooted in identity politics are commonplace, including those to stop violence against people of color, women, and LGBT people. Unlivable Lives reveals the unintended consequences of this approach within the transgender rights movement in the United States. It illustrates how...
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Language: | English |
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University of California Press,
2020.
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Summary: | Anti-violence movements rooted in identity politics are commonplace, including those to stop violence against people of color, women, and LGBT people. Unlivable Lives reveals the unintended consequences of this approach within the transgender rights movement in the United States. It illustrates how this form of activism obscures the causes of and lasting solutions to violence and exacerbates fear among members of the identity group, running counter to the goal of making lives more livable. Analyzing over a thousand documents produced by thirteen national organizations, Westbrook charts both a. |
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Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
ISBN: | 9780520974159 0520974158 |