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The first collection of its kind, Transgender Marxism is a provocative and groundbreaking union of transgender studies and Marxist theory.
Exploring trans lives and movements, the authors delve into the experience of surviving as transgender under capitalism. They explore the pressures, oppression and state persecution faced by trans people living in capitalist societies, their tenuous positions in the workplace and the home, and give a powerful response to right-wing scaremongering against ‘gender ideology’.
Reflecting on the relations between gender and labour, these essays reveal the structure of antagonisms faced by gender non-conforming people within society. Looking at the history of transgender movements, Marxist interventions into developmental theory, psychoanalysis and workplace ethnography, the authors conclude that for trans liberation, capitalism must be abolished.
Authors: Jules Joanne Gleeson and Elle O’Rourke
Paperback Published May 2021 320 pages
‘A vibrant and much needed collection – not just for trans people – but the left in general’– Shon Faye, author of ‘The Transgender Issue’ (Penguin, 2021)
‘Stunning … trans becomes in these pages the vibrant event of a historical materialism from below, intimate and urgent’– Jules Gill-Peterson, author of ‘Histories of the Transgender Child’ (University of Minnesota Press, 2018)