In store now! Transgender Marxism edited by Jules Joanne Gleeson and Elle O'Rourke

As part of our Pride Month celebrations, October Books recommends ‘Transgender Marxism’ a collection of essays around the particular difficulties of surviving as transgender under an oppressive capitalist system. Arguing that true trans liberation cannot be accomplished without abolishing capitalism.

Order your copy today directly through October Books or buy online through our bookshop store and we’ll get a commission on your purchase.

Transgender Marxism edited by Jules Joanne Gleeson and Elle O'Rourke
Paperback RRP £16.99

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.

Order your copy today directly from October Books or buy online through our bookshop store and we’ll get commission on your purchase.

 
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