Pride In Exile
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Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation
I felt his race analysis was problematic overall, though the chapter on the freakshow is excellent. A must-read for everyone concerned with Exile and Pride changed my life and transformed my political outlook at age A must-read for everyone concerned with social justice. Feb 13, Naphtali Gaither rated it it was amazing.
This book saved my life. Dec 16, Nomy rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: Really smart and well-written. Academic and referential in ways that could have been more accessible, but overall one of the best essay collections I've ever read. This is such a powerful, important book. It was recommended to me by a disability studies professor who knew I was interested in the intersection of disability and queerness, but it is so much more than I was expecting.
I wasn't anticipating the deep reflection on place and the author's childhood in rural Oregon, but I found this part especially unique and insightful. The discussion had a great deal of relevance to the current political conversations regarding rural America, but it was also spec This is such a powerful, important book. The discussion had a great deal of relevance to the current political conversations regarding rural America, but it was also specifically resonant for me, as a queer city-dwelling woman who still carries personal and family ties to forests and forestry in the Northwest.
I was also very appreciative of the reflection on the distinction between having pride and bearing witness, and the importance of both.
This book has a lot of very valuable things to say about disability and queerness, but this was one of the things that stood out the most for me. I'd be very interested to see what the newest update of the text adds I read the edition , and what further comments the author might make on these topics in the era of Trump.
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Sep 06, Laura rated it it was ok. Probably ground-breaking when it was first published, Exile and Pride is nonetheless on the underwhelming side of average. It discusses theoretical concepts related to many interrelated forms of oppression, and also depicts the personal lived experiences of author. However, Exile and Pride is trying to be too many different things at once and it does not fully succeed at any. Firstly, the book's academic writing aspirations.
Although the author references many co Probably ground-breaking when it was first published, Exile and Pride is nonetheless on the underwhelming side of average. This book summarises a lot of theories that are explored in much greater depth and detail elsewhere. Nor are there enough of them. I can imagine this book might be mind-blowing for readers who had never heard any of these concepts discussed before, and for those readers with similar experiences and never before found anyone else who understood them.
And I freely admit that if I had read in in I would have had a completely different reaction to it. Read this for class. I found some things though they were minor, petty things in all honesty hard to latch onto on a personal level but what this book says is so important. Clare is fearless and funny, strong and stubborn in the way that a good example of critical thought on society should be. I enjoyed the book and the discussions had on it very much. One of the most vital ideas contained within this book is the idea that nobody is a perfect all-righteous activist. Things in life will contrad Read this for class.
Things in life will contradict and you may find value in two very opposite things, wondering where you should stand. It is worth it to try and make peace with that, to acknowledge the layers of human in all of us and the ways struggles may connect and what one problem may say about another.
It was a great introduction to me to the issues around disability. To understand the situation that disabled people are in, an able-bodied person needs to hear it from the source. The afterword is especially important to those wanting to make a difference. I recommend multiple re-readings of that passage and I will ensure to take my own advice on that.
Jul 10, sasha rated it really liked it Shelves: Jun 24, Rob Barry rated it it was amazing. Eli challenges conventional wisdom read as "view of the powers-that-be" regarding the intersectionality of gender, disability, race, class, abuse, and sexuality. While neither presuming certainty, nor preaching, I felt that Eli honestly wrestled with the complexities, ignorance, and power structures associated with this intersectionality.
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This book, I feel, was tough and tra "Her words pushed against the lies. This book, I feel, was tough and transformative -- it has opened my eyes to assumptions and structures that I had never imagined. I'm about to read it again. Clare uses language to articulate the complexity that is being working class, disabled and queer among other identities, such as survivor. I did not expect such a long history of logging or freak shows, but she needed that to connect us with her entire lived experience. I appreciated the questions weaves throughout the prose, but I also appreciated how Clare herself did not back down from answering them.
It was also nice to see a writer from Ann Arbor. Jan 11, Sunny rated it it was amazing Shelves: I read the edition with an afterward by Dean Spade. Eli also clarified some points he made in the original text through the use of footnotes. Nov 18, l. I read this at the wrong time. The focus on having empathy for the white working class was unexpected and something that I'm having difficulty with right now.
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Oct 09, Edie Kestenbaum rated it it was amazing Shelves: Just read it, goddammit. Don't make me write a review, especially one that you'd be reading when you can read the book! Eli Clare is nothing if not eloquent and intelligent. Reading this book was a pleasure because of the way it was written.
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Clare deals with issues of gender, disability and queerness deftly, gracefully, balancing multiple perspectives strung together by a personal narrative. This collection is brilliant. As someone who has limited exposure to works by the LGBTIQ community, and none at all from the disability community, Clare's book has been a treasure by opening my eyes to a whole new world. Like Eli Clare is nothing if not eloquent and intelligent. Like many non-disabled persons, I held ideas of disability as being a hindrance, something terrible and to be pitied.
I fell for the supercrip stories. That's why it was all the more important to me to read this book - as a member of society, I should be aware of issues concerning disability. This has been a wonderful, informative read. The descriptions of forests were beautiful, by the way. Aug 17, Josh rated it liked it. There is so much wonderful depth and vulnerability here. The writing is so personal, wise, and draws me in deeply. That said, the datedness of jt definitely shines through at various points, making clear how white queer theory was and still is.
I appreciate this book so much for what it did in terms of driving dialogue and discourse further, and love the methodology of interacting with a myriad of important ideas through narrative, poetry, history, and pro There is so much wonderful depth and vulnerability here.
I appreciate this book so much for what it did in terms of driving dialogue and discourse further, and love the methodology of interacting with a myriad of important ideas through narrative, poetry, history, and prose. It could just be a little distracting sometimes when being confrontational about lumberers, as well as how he navigates race. Nonetheless I still found it important for queer theory, coalition building, disability studies, transgender studies, and environmentalism.
It is especially good for a break from denser texts that still maintains genuine weight. Jun 08, Anna rated it it was amazing. This book was phenomenal. Eli Clare's collection of essays and observations on gender and sex identity, disability and embodiment, the environment, the notion of home and most of all reflections on becoming oneself were brutally honest.
I "brutal" because this book attends to sensitive subjects and taps into a well-spring of affections. He writes about his love of his working class home that doesn't accept him as is. The hard work of self- and other-reflection in an age of intersectionality, whi This book was phenomenal. The hard work of self- and other-reflection in an age of intersectionality, which requires some discomfort with oneself and one's own loyalties.
The power dynamics of sexual abuse, queer communities, activism, and politics.
However each word is deliberately chosen and tenderly placed on the page. This book is, in a word, moving. Jul 07, Colby rated it really liked it. Also the author's take on reclaiming various terms and slurs.
Nov 21, Fi Graham rated it it was amazing. Eli does an amazing job revealing unseen complexities of issues surrounding freak shows, logging, socioeconomic in queer communities, and much more. This book made me want to approach issues from a different point of view. Not to mention the prose itself is well written and a pleasure to read. It's definitely worth reading!
Eloquently written and literary account of intersectionality issues including disability, LGBT identity, victimization experiences, being raised in a very small town, and so many other issues. Such an in depth examination of many levels of identity.