ABSTRACT
Authored by the leading voices in critical legal studies, feminist legal theory, critical race theory and queer legal theory, After Identity explores the importance of sexual, national and other identities in people's lived experiences while simultaneously challenging the limits of legal strategies focused on traditional identity groups. These new ways of thinking about cultural identity have implications for strategies for legal reform, as well as for progressive thinking generally about theory, culture and politics.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|60 pages
Sexuality
chapter Chapter 2|15 pages
The Politics of the Closet
Legal Articulation of Sexual Orientation Identity
part 2|62 pages
Affirmative Action
chapter Chapter 5|20 pages
Political Power and Cultural Subordination
A Case for Affirmative Action in Legal Academia
part 3|61 pages
Community
part 4|86 pages
Postcolonialism
chapter Chapter 11|19 pages
Female Subjects of Public International Law
Human Rights and the Exotic Other Female
chapter Chapter 13|20 pages
The Properties of Culture and the Politics of Possessing Identity
Native Claims in the Cultural Appropriation Controversy
part 5|84 pages
Violence
chapter Chapter 17|23 pages
Mapping the Margins
Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence Against Women of Color