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Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex Second Edition
Author(s): Eric A. Stanley (Editor), Nat Smith (Editor), CeCe McDonald (Foreword)
- Publisher: AK Press
- Publication Date: October 27, 2015
- Edition: Second
- Language: English
- Print length: 425 pages
- ISBN-10: 1849352348
- ISBN-13: 9781849352345
Book Description
Pathologized, terrorized, and confined, trans/gender non-conforming and queer folks have always struggled against the prison industrial complex. Eric A. Stanley and Nat Smith bring together current and former prisoners, activists, and academics for a new understanding of 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. This expanded second edition includes a new foreword from CeCe McDonald and essays by Chelsea Manning, Kalaniopua Young, and Janetta Louise Johnson and Toshio Meronek.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“Captive Genders reminds and instructs that life is about relationships and desires free from neglect and repression, gendered constraints, policing and brutality, and disappearance. The anthology contributors share transformational insights, mini-memoirs, analyses and theories about captivity. Their writings lead and nurture us to a deeper understanding and struggle for justice with freedom and peace.”
-Joy James, author of Seeking the Beloved Community
-Joy James, author of Seeking the Beloved Community
“Captive Genders is an essential book that brings home that trans and gender non-conforming lives are deeply structured by the prison, that violence can never be an antidote to violence, that abolition must extend to the gender binary, and that formerly incarcerated Black trans women will lead the way.”
“The powerful analysis and compelling arguments in this collection force readers to conclude that the political and theoretical connection between prison abolition and trans and queer liberation is fundamental to social transformation and justice.”
About the Author
Eric Stanley works at the intersection of radical trans/queer politics, abolitionist study, and critical theory. They are an assistant professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University of California, Riverside.
Nat Smith has worked with Critical Resistance and the Trans Gender/Variant and Intersex Justice Project.
CeCe McDonald was imprisoned for defending herself against a racist, transphobic assault. After being released she quickly became a leading and outspoken fighter in the movements for LGBTQ liberation, prison abolition, and racial justice.
