Captive Genders, CeCe McDonald
Captive Genders, CeCe McDonald
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Captive Genders
Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex, Expanded Second Edition

Author: CeCe McDonald, Nat Smith, Eric A. Stanley

Narrator: Adi Cabral

Unabridged: 12 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/27/2022


Synopsis

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.

About CeCe McDonald

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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nat

yeah, this is my and Eric's book. So, I can't/shouldn't write a review..........more

Goodreads review by Shannon

I really, really want to give this book 4 or 5 stars. It has some amazing contributions that really push the anti-prison field and the LGBTQ movement to think further and more deeply. But this is one of those situations where i think accessibility is key. The articles in this book are so important t......more

Goodreads review by Bek

Throughout this anthology, there are works from scholars, activists, and those who are incarcerated. They hit on the history of prisons in US and Canada as well as the current state of people in prisons now. Looking outside of traditional prisons, they also talk about institutions such as ICE as wel......more

Goodreads review by Sara

I finished this in a day because it was so good. Radical perspectives on the prison industrial complex and trans* pocs in the U.S.......more