Unlivable Lives
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Unlivable Lives

Violence and Identity in Transgender Activism

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Unlivable Lives

Violence and Identity in Transgender Activism

About this book

Anti-violence movements rooted in identity politics are commonplace, including those to stop violence against people of color, women, and LGBT people. Unlivable Live s 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 history of the movement and a path forward that relies less on identity-based tactics and more on intersectionality and coalition building. Provocative and galvanizing, this book envisions new strategies for anti-violence and social justice movements and will revolutionize the way we think about this form of activism.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Unlivable Lives
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. List of Illustrations
  8. Preface
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. Abbreviations
  11. 1. UNLIVABLE LIVES: THE ORIGINS AND OUTCOMES OF IDENTITY-BASED ANTI-VIOLENCE ACTIVISM
  12. 2. VIOLENCE MATTERS: PRODUCING IDENTITY THROUGH ACCOUNTS OF MURDER
  13. 3. ATYPICAL ARCHETYPES: THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF FAMOUS VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE
  14. 4. HOMOGENEOUS SUBJECTHOOD: HOW ACTIVISTS’ FOCUS ON IDENTITY OBSCURES PATTERNS OF VIOLENCE
  15. 5. VALUABLE AND VULNERABLE: HOW ACTIVISTS’ TACTICAL REPERTOIRES SHAPE SUBJECTHOOD AND GENERATE FEAR
  16. 6. SHAPING SOLUTIONS: HOW IDENTITY POLITICS INFLUENCES VIOLENCE-PREVENTION EFFORTS
  17. 7. FACILITATING LIVABLE LIVES: ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO ANTI-VIOLENCE ACTIVISM
  18. Appendix A: Transgender Anti-Violence Organizations
  19. Appendix B: Collecting Data on Murders of Transgender People
  20. Notes
  21. References
  22. Index