Hybrid
The United States, and the West in general, has always organized society along bipolar lines. We are either gay or straight, male or female, white or not, disabled or not. In recent years, however, America seems increasingly aware of those who defy such easy categorization. Yet, rather than being we...
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NYU Press
2023
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| description | The United States, and the West in general, has always organized society along bipolar lines. We are either gay or straight, male or female, white or not, 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 that they offer, people living the gap are often ostracized by all the communities to which they might belong. Bisexuals, for instance, are often blamed for spreading AIDS to the heterosexual community and are regarded with suspicion by gays and lesbians. Interracial couples are rendered invisible through monoracial recordkeeping that confronts them at school, at work, and on official documents. In Hybrid, Ruth Colker argues that our bipolar classification system obscures a genuine understanding of the very nature of subordination. Acknowledging that categorization is crucial and unavoidable in a world of practical problems and day-to-day conflicts, Ruth Colker shows how categories can and must be improved for the good of all. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1143322024-03-30T23:23:40Z Hybrid Colker, Ruth Law thema EDItEUR::L Law::LA Jurisprudence and general issues::LAQ Law and society, sociology of law::LAQG Law and society, gender issues The United States, and the West in general, has always organized society along bipolar lines. We are either gay or straight, male or female, white or not, 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 that they offer, people living the gap are often ostracized by all the communities to which they might belong. Bisexuals, for instance, are often blamed for spreading AIDS to the heterosexual community and are regarded with suspicion by gays and lesbians. Interracial couples are rendered invisible through monoracial recordkeeping that confronts them at school, at work, and on official documents. In Hybrid, Ruth Colker argues that our bipolar classification system obscures a genuine understanding of the very nature of subordination. Acknowledging that categorization is crucial and unavoidable in a world of practical problems and day-to-day conflicts, Ruth Colker shows how categories can and must be improved for the good of all. 2023-10-05T10:03:25Z 2023-10-05T10:03:25Z 1996 book ONIX_20231005_9780814772195_120 9780814772195 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/114332 eng Critical America image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt9qg72w NYU Press 10.2307/j.ctt9qg72w 10.2307/j.ctt9qg72w 4f0083e6-57b8-4955-9258-8a34506205d2 9780814772195 open access |
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