QED A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking· 2013Q4· Review
Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics, and the Limits of Law
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Dean Spade's "Normal Life" critiques how administrative state violence, particularly through law, shapes and limits trans lives, arguing for a radical politics beyond legal reform.
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- "Normal Life" analyzes how administrative state violence, embedded in law and bureaucracy, impacts transgender lives.
- The book argues that legal systems often enforce norms of 'normalcy' that marginalize and harm trans individuals.
- Spade critiques the limitations of legal reform as a strategy for achieving trans liberation.
- The work calls for a radical political approach that moves beyond the confines of existing legal frameworks.
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Abstract
Book Review| October 01 2013 Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics, and the Limits of Law Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics, and the Limits of Law. By Dean Spade. Cambridge, MA: South End Press, 2011; pp. 246, $16.00 paper. Rachel Levitt Rachel Levitt University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking (2013) 0 (1): 215–217. https://doi.org/10.14321/qed.0215 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Rachel Levitt; Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics, and the Limits of Law. QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking 1 October 2013; 0 (1): 215–217. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/qed.0215 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressQED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2013 Michigan State University2013 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal Issue Section: BOOK REVIEW You do not currently have access to this content.
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