Lexington Books
Pages: 124
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Trim: 6½ x 9
978-1-7936-0980-9 • Hardback • August 2020 • $90.00 • (£69.00)
978-1-7936-0981-6 • eBook • August 2020 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
J.E. Sumerau is associate professor and director of applied sociology at the University of Tampa.
Eric Anthony Grollman is associate professor of sociology at the University of Richmond.
Introduction
Chapter One: Framing Minority Movements
Chapter Two: Marginalizing the Marginalized
Chapter Three: The Terms of Conditional Acceptance
Conclusions
Black Lives and Bathrooms makes clear the intertwined nature of contemporary movements focused on advocating for transgender people’s social and political inclusion and battling anti-Blackness and police brutality. These movements hinge on surveillance; the watching of bodies seemingly out of place and the potential for violence to be done against those who are deemed to not belong. Sumerau and Grollman uniquely push forward the discussion of these movements not only by placing them in relation to each other, but by drawing attention to how white, cisgender outsiders to these movements – often the very parties perpetuating the logics of surveillance at the root of transphobia and anti-Blackness – understand them. In asking how one responds to a movement that is not about people like you, Black Lives and Bathrooms provides a useful and concise teaching tool for students looking to develop deeper knowledge about how social movements are perceived in the moment and how those perceptions can impact the success of efforts for social change.
— Shantel Gabrieal Buggs, Assistant Professor of Sociology and African American Studies, The Florida State University