Atmospheres of Violence: Structuring Antagonism and the Trans/Queer Ungovernable

by Eric A. Stanley

Book Overview

Advances in LGBTQ rights in the recent past--marriage equality, the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, and the expansion of hate crimes legislation--have been accompanied by a rise in attacks against trans, queer and/or gender-nonconforming people of color. In Atmospheres of Violence, theorist and organizer Eric A. Stanley shows how this seeming contradiction reveals the central role of racialized and gendered violence in the United States. Rather...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478014210
• ISBN13: 9781478014218
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"