Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex

Name: Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex
Start: 2012-03-23T19:30:00-00:00
End: 2012-03-23T21:00:00-00:00
Location: Women & Children First Books

Friday, March 23, 2012, 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM | view details and directions

Editor Eric A. Stanley and contributor Yasmin Nair book reading, signing, and discussion of the recently released anthology. Pathologized, 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 brings 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.

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Women & Children First Books
5233 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL