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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Main Author: Westbrook, Laurel
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Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2020.
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505 0 |a Cover -- Unlivable Lives -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. UNLIVABLE LIVES: THE ORIGINS AND OUTCOMES OF IDENTITY-BASED ANTI-VIOLENCE ACTIVISM -- 2. VIOLENCE MATTERS: PRODUCING IDENTITY THROUGH ACCOUNTS OF MURDER -- 3. ATYPICAL ARCHETYPES: THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF FAMOUS VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE -- 4. HOMOGENEOUS SUBJECTHOOD: HOW ACTIVISTS' FOCUS ON IDENTITY OBSCURES PATTERNS OF VIOLENCE -- 5. VALUABLE AND VULNERABLE: HOW ACTIVISTS' TACTICAL REPERTOIRES SHAPE SUBJECTHOOD AND GENERATE FEAR. 
505 8 |a 6. SHAPING SOLUTIONS: HOW IDENTITY POLITICS INFLUENCES VIOLENCE-PREVENTION EFFORTS -- 7. FACILITATING LIVABLE LIVES: ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO ANTI-VIOLENCE ACTIVISM -- Appendix A: Transgender Anti-Violence Organizations -- Appendix B: Collecting Data on Murders of Transgender People -- Notes -- References -- Index. 
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