{"product_id":"the-coercive-power-of-the-law-vulnerable-bodies-and-boundaries-of-perception-hardcover","title":"The Coercive Power of the Law: Vulnerable Bodies and Boundaries of Perception - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRiley Clare Valentine\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eZane McNeill\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book offers a critical exploration of the interplay between law, care ethics, and the body, emphasizing how legal systems both reflect societal values and regulate and discipline bodies and sexualities that deviate from normative standards, branding them as deviant or pathological. The authors contend that visibility--often celebrated as empowering--frequently serves as a mechanism of state control, subjecting marginalized bodies to cycles of hyper-visibility and erasure. Grounded in critical disability studies, queer theory, and Foucault's theories of power, the book challenges liberalism's focus on rights and autonomy, advocating instead for a framework centered on care ethics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book offers a critical exploration of the interplay between law, care ethics, and the body, emphasizing how legal systems both reflect societal values and regulate and discipline bodies and sexualities that deviate from normative standards, branding them as deviant or pathological. The authors contend that visibility--often celebrated as empowering--frequently serves as a mechanism of state control, subjecting marginalized bodies to cycles of hyper-visibility and erasure. Grounded in critical disability studies, queer theory, and Foucault's theories of power, the book challenges liberalism's focus on rights and autonomy, advocating instead for a framework centered on care ethics. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRiley Clare Valentine\u003c\/strong\u003e, Ph.D. is a political theorist. They obtained their Ph.D. from Louisiana State University. Their books include \u003cem\u003eProgressive Liberalism and Neoliberalism in American Politics: The Heterodoxical Imperative\u003c\/em\u003e (Palgrave, 2024) and \u003cem\u003eBe Gay, Do Crime: Everyday Acts of Radical Queer History\u003c\/em\u003e (2025).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eZane McNeill\u003c\/strong\u003e, M.A, is the co-editor of\u003cem\u003e Deviant Hollers: Queering Appalachian Ecologies for a Sustainable Future\u003c\/em\u003e (2024) and \u003cem\u003ePolitics as Public Art: The Aesthetics of Political Organizing and Social Movements\u003c\/em\u003e (2023) and the editor of \u003cem\u003eBuilding Multispecies Resistance Against Exploitation: Stories from the Frontlines of Labor and Animal Rights \u003c\/em\u003e(2024).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRiley Clare Valentine, Ph.D. is a political theorist. They obtained their Ph.D. from Louisiana State University. Their books include \u003cem\u003eProgressive Liberalism and Neoliberalism in American Politics: The Heterodoxical Imperative\u003c\/em\u003e (Palgrave, 2024) and \u003cem\u003eBe Gay, Do Crime: Everyday Acts of Radical Queer History\u003c\/em\u003e (2025).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eZane McNeill, M.A, is the co-editor of \u003cem\u003eDeviant Hollers: Queering Appalachian Ecologies for a Sustainable Future\u003c\/em\u003e (2024) and \u003cem\u003ePolitics as Public Art: The Aesthetics of Political Organizing and Social Movements\u003c\/em\u003e (2023) and the editor of \u003cem\u003eBuilding Multispecies Resistance Against Exploitation: Stories from the Frontlines of Labor and Animal Rights\u003c\/em\u003e (2024).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 166\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 24, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50738904301874,"sku":"9783032075888","price":79.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0961\/1608\/0946\/files\/LhJRxHSYU29783032075888.webp?v=1766087724","url":"https:\/\/deskinlawfirm.com\/products\/the-coercive-power-of-the-law-vulnerable-bodies-and-boundaries-of-perception-hardcover","provider":"DLF Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}