United States Law - General & Miscellaneous, United States - Ethnic & Race Relations, Gender Studies - General & Miscellaneous, Civil Rights - Discrimination
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Overview
The United States, and the West in general, have always organized society along bipolar lines. We are either white or black, gay or straight, male or female, disabled or not. In recent years, however, America seems increasingly aware of those who defy such easy categorization. Yet, rather than being welcomed for the challenges they offer, people "living the gap" are often stigmatized by all the communities to which they might belong. These hybrids befuddle courts because existing classifications do not fit them. Ruth Colker here argues that our bipolar classification system obscures a genuine understanding of the very nature of subordination. By rejecting conventional bipolar categories, we can broaden our understanding of sexuality, gender race, and disability. Acknowledging that categorization is crucial and unavoidable in a world of practical problems and day-to-day conflicts, Colker shows how categories can and must be improved, for the good of all.Editorials
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Examines the role of the law in perpetuating the castigation and invisibility of bisexuals, multiracials, those with hidden disabilities, and others who fall into the gap created by bipolar legal categories. Chapters on a bi jurisprudence, sexual orientation, gender, race, disability, bipolar injustice, and invisible hybrids under the US census outline a framework for a new understanding of legal categories and look at the history of legal definitions of race, gender, and ability in the 20th century. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Book Details
Published
May 1, 1996
Publisher
New York : New York University Press, c1996.
Pages
176
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780814715208