The Sexual Politics of Capitalism: A Global History

A vast and fascinating chronicle of how gender and sexuality have been used to divide people around the world over the last fifty years“New movements are alive and moving in the world.Human beings in struggle are creating new feminisms, changing sexualities, and defying genocide.Hope stalks the heart. We have written this book for these new movements.” -from the introduction The Sexual Politics of Capitalism offers a groundbreaking examination of how the global elite has used gender, sexuality, and violence to maintain control.Anthropologist Nancy Lindisfarne and writer Jonathan Neale trace the devastating effects of these tactics, showing how issues of gender and sexuality have been weaponized, especially since the 1980s, to make inequality appear inevitable, keeping the powerful in power and the marginalized fighting for survival. Spanning the globe, Lindisfarne and Neale explore the lived experiences of those on the front lines of this struggle.From mass incarceration in the United