Oppression and the Body by Caldwell, Christine -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Titlepage Copyright Dedication Contents Contents Preface

Lucia Christine Why This Book

Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1 The Oppression of the Body in Societies

Las Tristes, Muertas y Dormidas Endnotes Bibliography

Chapter 1: The Trauma of Oppression: A Somatic Perspective

Defining Oppression Oppression as Trauma Trauma in the Body Body as the Site of Oppression Conclusion Endnotes Bibliography

Chapter 2: Body Identity Development: Who We Are and Who We Become

Body Identity Development Disruptions of Body Identity Resolutions of Body Identity The Body Moving Forward and In All Directions Endnotes Bibliography

Chapter 3: I Am a Body on the Body of the Earth

Oppression of the Body and the Earth Reclaiming Our Sacred Bodies Endnotes Bibliography

Chapter 4: Fat Embodiment: The Case for Ethical Reading

Bodies as Public Rhetoric Embodied Orientations and Ethical Reading Practicing Ethical Reading: Dress Profesh Endnotes Bibliography

Part 2Marginalized Bodies in Society

Body Norms, Body Shame, and Social Power Queering the Body Querying the Body Querying the Bodies of Others Endnotes Bibliography

Method Labels Race as Commodity or Liability The Body as Property, Product, and Object The Body as Subject Release and the Body of Reconfinement The Transcarceral Body: Beyond the Enemy Behind Me Conclusion Endnotes Bibliography

Writing: Racism and White Supremacy on and in My Black Body The Demand to Simulate White Bodies The Demand to Simulate White Embodiment in Somatic Counseling and Psychotherapy Resistance and Embodied Filtering A Letter to My Grandmother Endnotes Bibliography

Chapter 9: The Violence of Medicalization

A Primer on Unnecessary Gendering Mindful Embodiment: A Tango with the Gendered Body to Clear the Shadows A Bit of Wallpaper Transforming the Violence An Invitation Endnotes Bibliography

Part 3EmbodiedAction Chapter 10: Queer Resistance: Reclamation and Resilience

Violence and Danger Choosing Resistance/Choosing Survival Endnotes Bibliography

Chapter 11: Moving Between Identities: Embodied Code-Switching

Being Multicultural Code-Switching Code-Switching in the Brain Code-Switching through Embodied Culture Embodied Code-Switching Conclusion Endnotes Bibliography

Chapter 12: Trauma and the Body: Somatic Practices for Everyday Resiliency

Trauma-Informed Somatic Practices The Moving Cycle The Awareness Phase The Owning Phase The Appreciation Phase The Action Phase Therapist/Activist/Ally Skills Transforming and Resisting Oppression Conclusion Endnotes Bibliography

Chapter 13: Transforming Distress: Grieving Dysphoric Bodies in Community

A Model of Body Psychotherapeutic Group Intervention to Support Management of Body Dysphoria as Experienced by Preoperative Transsexuals Why So Urgent? Setting the Stage Theoretical Wallpaper Transforming Distress in Six Modules Getting Specific To Conclude Endnotes Bibliography

Index Author and Artist Biographies (in order of appearance) About North Atlantic Books