Where Is Your Body?: And Other Essays on Race, Gender, and the Law

by Mari J. Matsuda

Book Overview

In Where Is Your Body? pioneering legal scholar Mari J. Matsuda offers a strikingly insightful look at how our collective experiences of race, class, and gender inform our understanding of law and shape our vision of a more just society.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807067814
• ISBN13: 9780807067819
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: Beacon Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

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Where Is Your Body is a fabulous collection of short essays dealing with questions ranging from the meaning of critical race theory to asian american identity. The essays, based on talks the author has given, are accessible, critical, and inspiring. Mari Matsuda is a founding mother of critical race theory, and is renowned for her intellectual power as well as for her political commitments, in communities ranging from legal scholars to Asian American activists. This book gives the reader a wonderful sense of Matsuda's power and passion.

provocative exploration, beautifully written prose

in this volume, mari matusda continues her exploration of the intersection of race and gender, and how american society makes laws to both control and react to issues of identity. the work, written in very accessible first person narrative, contains so many poignant, simply stated recountings, that you feel as if you and your closest friend are talking about your most initimate thoughts and secrets. highly recommended for anyone interested in how today's laws, today's people feel and interrelate around these touchy topics.not just for scholars. the words are easily accessible to anyone who has ever had a harsh word thrown at them or witnessed any kind of abusive behavior.

Buy this and you will be HAPPY!

I'll keep it short--I loved the book