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ISBN 10 : 0375508201 ISBN 13 : 9780375508202
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Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : Good. First Edition. In this remarkable and elegant work, acclaimed Yale Law School professor Kenji Yoshino fuses legal manifesto and poetic memoir to call for a redefinition of civil rights in our law and culture.Everyone covers. To cover is to downplay a disfavored trait so as to blend into the mainstream. Because all of us possess stigmatized attributes, we all encounter pressure to cover in our daily lives. Given its pervasiveness, we may experience this pressure to be a simple fact of social life.Against conventional understanding, Kenji Yoshino argues that the demand to cover can pose a hidden threat to our civil rights. Though we have come to some consensus against penalizing people for differences based on race, sex, sexual orientation, religion, and disability, we still routinely deny equal treatment to people who refuse to downplay differences along these lines. Racial minorities are pressed to act white by changing their names, languages, or cultural practices. Women are told to play like men at work. Gays are asked not to engage in public displays of same-sex affection. The devout are instructed to minimize expressions of faith, and individuals with disabilities are urged to conceal the paraphernalia that permit them to function. In a wide-ranging analysis, Yoshino demonstrates that American civil rights law has generally ignored the threat posed by these covering demands. With passion and rigor, he shows that the work of civil rights will not be complete until it attends to the harms of coerced conformity.At the same time, Yoshino is responsive to the American exasperation with identity politics, which often seems like an endless parade of groups asking for state and social solicitude. He observes that the ubiquity of the covering demand provides an opportunity to lift civil rights into a higher, more universal register. Since we all experience the covering demand, we can all make common cause around a new civil rights paradigm based on our desire for authenticity-a desire that brings us together rather than driving us apart.Yoshinos argument draws deeply on his personal experiences as a gay Asian American. He follows the Romantics in his belief that if a human life is described with enough particularity, the universal will speak through it. The result is a work that combines one of the most moving memoirs written in years with a landmark manifesto on the civil rights of the future.This brilliantly argued and engaging book does two things at once, and it does them both astonishingly well. First, it's a finely grained memoir of young mans struggles to come to terms with his sexuality, and second, it's a powerful argument for a whole new way of thinking about civil rights and how our society deals with difference. This book challenges us all to confront our own unacknowledged biases, and it demands that we take seriously the idea that there are many different ways to be human. Kenji Yoshino is the face and the voice of the new civil rights. -Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and DimedKenji Yoshino has not only given us an important, compelling new way to understand civil rights law, a major accomplishment in itself, but with great bravery and honesty, he has forged his argument from the cauldron of his own experience. In clear, lyrical prose, Covering quite literally brings the law to life. The result is a book about ourpublic and private selves as convincing to the spirit as it is to themind. -Adam Haslett, author of You Are Not A Stranger HereKenji Yoshino's work is often moving and always clarifying. Covering elaborates an original, arresting account of identity and authenticity in American culture.-Anthony Appiah, author of The Ethics of Identity and Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor Of Philosophy at Princeton UniversityThis stunning book introduces three faces of the remarkable Kenji Yoshino: a writer of poetic beauty; a soul of rare reflectivity and decency; and a brilliant lawyer and sch.
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ISBN 10 : 0375508201 ISBN 13 : 9780375508202
Vendeur : Solr Books, Skokie, IL, Etats-Unis
Etat : VeryGood. We flipped through this book and didnt notice any notes or underlines. Minor shelf wear. The dust jacket shows normal wear and tear. Fast Shipping - Each order powers our free bookstore in Chicago and sending books to Africa!.
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ISBN 10 : 0375508201 ISBN 13 : 9780375508202
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Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good hard cover edition with very good dust jacket. 1st Editon. 1st Printing. Clean. Tight binding. No markings. 282 pages.
Edité par Random House, 2006
ISBN 10 : 0375508201 ISBN 13 : 9780375508202
Vendeur : Henniker Book Farm and Gifts, Henniker, NH, Etats-Unis
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Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine Condition. No markings of any kind.; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
Edité par Random House January 2006, 2006
ISBN 10 : 0375508201 ISBN 13 : 9780375508202
Vendeur : Organic Books, Albuquerque, NM, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Used - Very Good. Worn copy, clean and intact. May have markings that do not obscure the text.
Edité par Random House, New York, New York, U.S.A., 2006
ISBN 10 : 0375508201 ISBN 13 : 9780375508202
Vendeur : Walk A Crooked Mile Books, Williamsburg, PA, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition. 0375508201 LAW 027223 CARP Solid and clean hard cover with almost no wear. Dj with mild shelf wear, we have applied a protective fold-on cover. Inscription on ffep. 282pp.
Edité par Random House, New York, 2006
ISBN 10 : 0375508201 ISBN 13 : 9780375508202
Vendeur : Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, CA, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Hardcover. xiv, 282p., preface, epilogue, notes, bibliography, index, very good first edition, first printing stated in boards and bright, unclipped dust jacket. Gay Japanese American professor of Law at Yale.
Edité par Random House, 2006
ISBN 10 : 0375508201 ISBN 13 : 9780375508202
Vendeur : Strand Book Store, ABAA, New York, NY, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Good. In this remarkable and elegant work, acclaimed Yale Law School Professor Kenji Yoshino fuses legal manifesto and poetic memoir to call for a redefinition of civil rights in our law and culture. Yoshino focuses his attentions on the idea of covering. To cover is to downplay a disfavored trait so as to blend into the mainstream. Because all of us possess stigmatized attributes, we all encounter pressure to cover in our daily lives. Yoshino argues that the demand to cover can pose a hidden threat to our civil rights. Yoshino demonstrates that American civil rights law has generally ignored the threat posed by these covering demands.
Edité par Random House, 2006
ISBN 10 : 0375508201 ISBN 13 : 9780375508202
Vendeur : Hammonds Antiques & Books, St. Louis, MO, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1.1 x 8.3 x 5.5 Inches; 304 pages; In this remarkable and elegant work, acclaimed Yale Law School professor Kenji Yoshino fuses legal manifesto and poetic memoir to call for a redefinition of civil rights in our law and culture.Everyone covers. To cover is to downplay a disfavored trait so as to blend into the mainstream. Because all of us possess stigmatized attributes, we all encounter pressure to cover in our daily lives. Given its pervasiveness, we may experience this pressure to be a simple fact of social life.Against conventional understanding, Kenji Yoshino argues that the demand to cover can pose a hidden threat to our civil rights. Though we have come to some consensus against penalizing people for differences based on race, sex, sexual orientation, religion, and disability, we still routinely deny equal treatment to people who refuse to downplay differences along these lines. Racial minorities are pressed to ?act white? by changing their names, languages, or cultural practices. Women are told to ?play like men? at work. Gays are asked not to engage in public displays of same-sex affection. The devout are instructed to minimize expressions of faith, and individuals with disabilities are urged to conceal the paraphernalia that permit them to function. In a wide-ranging analysis, Yoshino demonstrates that American civil rights law has generally ignored the threat posed by these covering demands. With passion and rigor, he shows that the work of civil rights will not be complete until it attends to the harms of coerced conformity. At the same time, Yoshino is responsive to the American exasperation with identity politics, which often seems like an endless parade of groups asking for state and social solicitude. He observes that the ubiquity of the covering demand provides an opportunity to lift civil rights into a higher, more universal register. Since we all experience the covering demand, we can all make common cause around a new civil rights paradigm based on our desire for authenticity?a desire that brings us together rather than driving us apart. Yoshino?s argument draws deeply on his personal experiences as a gay Asian American. He follows the Romantics in his belief that if a human life is described with enough particularity, the universal will speak through it. The result is a work that combines one of the most moving memoirs written in years with a landmark manifesto on the civil rights of the future.?This brilliantly argued and engaging book does two things at once, and it does them both astonishingly well. First, it's a finely grained memoir of young man?s struggles to come to terms with his sexuality, and second, it's a powerful argument for a whole new way of thinking about civil rights and how our society deals with difference. This book challenges us all to confront our own unacknowledged biases, and it demands that we take seriously the idea that there are many different ways to be human. Kenji Yoshino is the face and the voice of the new civil rights.? -Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed?Kenji Yoshino has not only given us an important, compelling new way to understand civil rights law, a major accomplishment in itself, but with great bravery and honesty, he has forged his argument from the cauldron of his own experience. In clear, lyrical prose, Covering quite literally brings the law to life. The result is a book about our public and private selves as convincing to the spirit as it is to the mind.? -Adam Haslett, author of You Are Not A Stranger Here?Kenji Yoshino's work is often moving and always clarifying. Covering elaborates an original, arresting account of identity and authenticity in American culture.?-Anthony Appiah, author of The Ethics of Identity and Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor Of Philosophy at Princeton University ?This stunning book introduces three faces of the remarkable Kenji Yoshino: a writer of poetic beauty; a soul of rare reflectivity and decency; and a.
Edité par Random House, 2006
ISBN 10 : 0375508201 ISBN 13 : 9780375508202
Vendeur : Irish Booksellers, Portland, ME, Etats-Unis
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ISBN 10 : 0375508201 ISBN 13 : 9780375508202
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ISBN 10 : 0375508201 ISBN 13 : 9780375508202
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