Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex
Nat Smith, Eric A. StanleyPathologized, terrorized, and confined, trans/gender non-conforming and queer folks have always struggled against the enormity of the prison industrial complex. The first collection of its kind, Eric A. Stanley and Nat Smith bring together current and former prisoners, activists, and academics to offer new ways for understanding how race, gender, ability, and sexuality are lived under the crushing weight of captivity. Through a politic of gender self-determination, this collection argues that trans/queer liberation and prison abolition must be grown together. From rioting against police violence and critiquing hate crimes legislation to prisoners demanding access to HIV medications, and far beyond, Captive Genders is a challenge for us all to join the struggle.
| status | Copy #1 (4000): in |
|---|---|
| genre | Social Science » Law and Criminology |
| publisher | AK Press |
| publish date | October 18, 2011 |
| popularity | checked out 5 time(s) |
Fascinating, thorough, informative and comprehensive. The accounts and experiences of queer prisoners are included, as well as radical activists and theorists. This book rejects the Gay Rights movements’ push for gay marriage, hate crime legislation and militarization; it acknowledges that these solutions perpetuate structures harmful to our communities, and instead calls for total abolition of oppressive institutions as opposed to their reform. It’s radical as all heck.
I’d say that this book’s an essential read for all anarchists, abolitionists and queer activists, since these perspectives aren’t often discussed in relation to each other, especially in more mainstream subcultures; however, the intersections of these ideologies is undeniable and extremely important.