Böcker av Davina Cooper

Those seeking social change confront the centrality of power on a daily basis. What precisely is power and how does it manifest itself? And how are radical and progressive strategies shaped by the ways in which we conceptualize it? Drawing on feminist, poststructuralist, and Marxist theory, Davina Cooper develops an innovative framework for understanding power relations in fora as diverse as reproductive technology, queer activism, municipal politics, and the regulation of lesbian reproduction. Power in Struggle explores the relationship between power, sexuality, and the state and ultimately provides a radical re-thinking of these concepts and their interactions. Sexual politics, Cooper posits, must recognize the sexualization of everyday life. And sex should be neither exclusively the concern of a young, educated elite, nor shuttered as a private affair. Concluding with an important and original discussion of how an ethics of empowerment can inform political strategy, Power in Struggle is a must-read for activists, scholars, and lawyers interested in understanding the role of power in the state.

Davina Cooper explores the unexpected contribution a legal drama of withdrawal-as exemplified by some conservative Christians who deny people inclusion, goods, and services to LGBTQ individuals-might make to conceptualizing a more socially just, participative state.

Everyday Utopias explores how everyday utopias-sites enacting commonplace activities in egalitarian, democratic, or emancipatory ways-contribute to a transformative politics through the concepts they put into practice and inspire.