Full Description
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.
This book will appeal to an interdisciplinary range of readers with interests and concerns in the broad area of social justice, but especially to those working in sociolegal studies, sociology, gender studies, indigenous studies and politics.
Contents
1. Ongoing Legacies of Social Injustice: A Critical Interrogation Chris Beasley and Pam Papadelos Part 1 2. A Family Act: Power, Gendered Violence and the Living Legacy of Social Injustice in Papua New Guinea Alison Dundon 3. A Pontian Commemoration: A Living Legacy to Remember Loss Valerie Liddle 4. 'Horrors' of Honour Kameljeet Kaur 5. The Legacy of Stigma: American Single Mothers Amy Andrada Part 2 6. Talking of Silence: Young Gypsy/Traveller Women in Scotland Geetha Marcus 7. Young Refugees Navigating the Emotional Legacies of Displacement in Beirut Through Friendships David Anderson and Mary Holmes 8. The Enduring Legacies of Migration: Older Greek-born Migrants' Experience of Aging in Australia Pam Papadelos 9. Unearthing Buried Legacies Rosemary Wanganeen and Anna Szorenyi Part 3 10. The Legacy of Injustice and Resistance: Japan's Military Sexual Slavery Maki Kimura 11. Haunted by the Heteronorm: Contemporary Hollywood Romance Chris Beasley 12. Challenging Criminalisation in the Commonwealth: Theorising Legacies and Colonialities in LGBTIQ Movement Strategies Matthew Waites 13. Re-imagining Legacy (Power-Time) and Social Change Chris Beasley and Pam Papadelos
