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Living Legacies of Social Injustice: Power, Time and Social Change

Living Legacies of Social Injustice: Power, Time and Social Change

Hardcover

Series: Social Justice

CriminologyGeneral Law

ISBN10: 1032318902
ISBN13: 9781032318905
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Aug 14 2023
Pages: 244
Weight: 1.19
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Through a wide range of international and interdisciplinary case studies, this book develops the notion of legacy, and in particular, 'living legacy'- that is, it explores power relations in the context of time as a means to considering and challenging social injustice.

Legacies of social injustice are very frequently erased, denied or declared redundant. Framed by the concept of 'legacy', this book does not conceive legacy as simply referring to relics of the past, or to cultural heritage practices and artifacts. Instead, the book focuses upon 'living legacies', understood as ongoing, actively engaged in the re-constitution of power relations, and influential in the development of alternative political imaginaries. Through a variety of studies from many different contexts--including Indigenous trauma in Australia, displacement in Beirut, women travellers in Scotland, and heteronormativity in Hollywood--the book draws not only upon historiographic, sociological, legal, political, cultural and other disciplinary approaches, but also specifically makes use of feminist and postcolonial perspectives. Foregrounding the legacies of inequality and marginalisation, it contributes to a re-thinking of power and social change in ways that together suggest potential means for unsettling and reimagining such legacies.

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