Gender Justice and the Law by Elaine Wood, John Felipe Aceved... - 9781683932390

Gender Justice and the LawTheoretical Practices of Intersectional Identity\nAuthor(s): Elaine Wood, John Felipe Acevedo, Lisa Beckmann, Arunita Das, Theodore Davenport, Catherine Cymone Fourshey, Marla L. Jaksch, Ava Ladner, Laura Lane-Steele, Shirley Lin\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Associated University Presses, United States\nImprint: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press\nISBN-13: 9781683932390, 978-1683932390\nSynopsis\nGender Justice and the Law presents a collection of essays that examines how gender, as a category of identity, must continually be understood in relation to how structures of inequality define and shape its meaning. It asks how notions of justice shape gender identity and whether the legal justice system itself privileges notions of gender or is itself gendered. Shaped by politics and policy, Gender Justice essays contribute to understanding how theoretical practices of intersectionality relate to structures of inequality and relations formed as a result of thei.