“Never Let Anyone Say That a Good Fight for the Fight for Good Wasn’t a Good Fight Indeed”: The Enactment of Agency Through Military Metaphor by One Australian Incarcerated Trans Woman
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Chapter Title | “Never Let Anyone Say That a Good Fight for the Fight for Good Wasn’t a Good Fight Indeed”: The Enactment of Agency Through Military Metaphor by One Australian Incarcerated Trans Woman |
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Book Chapter Category | Edited book (chapter) |
ERA Publisher ID | 2865 |
Book Title | Transgender People and Criminal Justice: An Examination of Issues in Victimology, Policing, Sentencing, and Prisons |
Authors | Halliwell, Sherree, Hickey, Andrew, du Plessis, Carol du, Mullens, Amy B., Sanders, Tait, Gildersleeve, Jessica, Phillips, Tania M., Debattista, Joseph, Clark, Kirsty A., Hughto, Jaclyn M. W., Daken, Kirstie and Bromdal, Annette |
Editors | Paner, Heather and Dwyer, Angela |
Volume | 1 |
Page Range | 183-212 |
Series | Critical Criminological Perspectives |
Chapter Number | 8 |
Number of Pages | 30 |
Year | 2023 |
Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
Place of Publication | Switzerland |
ISBN | 9783031298929 |
9783031298936 | |
9783031298950 | |
ISSN | 2731-0604 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29893-6_8 |
Web Address (URL) | https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-29893-6_8 |
Abstract | Around the world, incarcerated trans women experience substantial victimisation and mistreatment equating to increased risk of suffering and self-harm compared to the general incarcerated population. This case study shares the story of Natasha Keating, a trans woman incarcerated in two male settings in Australia between 2000 and 2007. We examine 121 letters of complaint and self-advocacy authored by Natasha and provide an analysis of the discursive strategies Natasha employed to construct an affirming self-identity, and effect social change within a system designed to curtail self-determination. Through an impassioned letter-writing approach leveraging military metaphors, evidence of Natasha’s cognitive transformation is found. The letters showcase the significant implications Natasha’s activism, self-agentism, and self-determination had in naming and seeking to dismantle the systems of oppression that incarcerated trans women experience. |
Contains Sensitive Content | Contains sensitive content |
Sensitive Handling Note | Contains images, voices, and/or names of deceased persons |
Contains traumatic content | |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 440508. Transgender studies |
440209. Gender and crime | |
440202. Correctional theory, offender treatment and rehabilitation | |
420602. Health equity | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Humanities and Communication |
Institute for Resilient Regions | |
Centre for Health Research | |
School of Psychology and Wellbeing | |
Department of Health, Queensland | |
Vanderbilt University, United States | |
Brown University, United States |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/yzyxx/-never-let-anyone-say-that-a-good-fight-for-the-fight-for-good-wasn-t-a-good-fight-indeed-the-enactment-of-agency-through-military-metaphor-by-one-australian-incarcerated-trans-woman
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