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Normal life : administrative violence, critical trans politics, and the limits of law / Dean Spade.

by Spade, Dean, 1977-

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Duke University Press, 2015.

342.73087 S732n

Transgender people -- Legal status, laws, etc.

Transgender people -- Civil rights.

9780822360407 (pbk.)

9780822359890 (hc.)

Revised and expanded edition.

xvi, 217 pages ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-205) and index.

Introduction : rights, movements, and critical trans politics -- Trans law and politics on a neoliberal landscape -- What's wrong with rights? -- Rethinking transphobia and power : beyond a rights framework -- Administrating gender -- Law reform and movement building -- Conclusion: "this is a protest, not a parade".

"It is usually assumed that trans and gender nonconforming people should follow the civil rights and "equality" strategies of lesbian and gay rights organizations by agitating for legal reforms that would ostensibly guarantee nondiscrimination and equal protection under the law. This approach assumes that the best way to address the poverty and criminalization that plague trans populations is to gain legal recognition and inclusion in the state's institutions. But is this strategy effective? Dean Spade presents revelatory critiques of the legal equality framework for social change, and points to examples of transformative grassroots trans activism that is raising demands that go beyond traditional civil rights reforms. Spade explodes assumptions about what legal rights can do for marginalized populations, and describes transformative resistance processes and formations that address the root causes of harm and violence. Dean Spade is an Assistant Professor at the Seattle University School of Law."--Provided by publisher.

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