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Excluded : Making Feminist and Queer Movements More Inclusive by Julia Serano (2013, Trade Paperback)

While many feminist and queer movements are designed to challenge sexism, they often simultaneously police gender and sexuality,sometimes just as fiercely as the straight, male-centric mainstream does. Among LGBTQ activists, there is a long history of lesbians and gay men dismissing bisexuals, transgender people, and other gender and sexual minorities. In each case, exclusion is based on the premise that certain ways of being gendered or sexual are more legitimate, natural, or righteous than others.As a trans woman, bisexual, and femme activist, Julia Serano has spent much of the last ten years challenging various forms of exclusion within feminist and queer/LGBTQ movements. In Excluded, she chronicles many of these instances of exclusion and argues that marginalizing others often stems from a handful of assumptions that are routinely made about gender and sexuality. These false assumptions infect theories, activism, organizations, and communities,and worse, they enable people to vigorously protest certain forms of sexism while simultaneously ignoring and even perpetuating others. Serano advocates for a new approach to fighting sexism that avoids these pitfalls and offers new ways of thinking about gender, sexuality, and sexism that foster inclusivity rather than exclusivity.

Book Title
Excluded : Making Feminist and Queer Movements more Inclusive
Author
Julia Serano
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Feminism & Feminist Theory, Discrimination & Race Relations, Sociology / General, Lgbt Studies / Gay Studies, Women's Studies
Publication Year
2013
Genre
Social Science
Number of Pages
336 Pages

Lc Classification Number
Hq1101.S47 2013
Reviews
"[Serano's] unique take on the nature-versus-nurture debate is refreshing for its candor and nuance, avoiding dogmatism on either side . . . the book is an excellent primer on contemporary transfeminist thought." -- Publishers Weekly, [Serano's] unique take on the nature-versus-nurture debate is refreshing for its candor and nuance, avoiding dogmatism on either side . . . the book is an excellent primer on contemporary transfeminist thought." — Publishers Weekly
Copyright Date
2013
Lccn
2013-016145
Dewey Decimal
305.42
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23

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