1st Edition

Living Legacies of Social Injustice Power, Time and Social Change

Edited By Chris Beasley, Pam Papadelos Copyright 2024
258 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

258 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

258 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Through a wide range of international and interdisciplinary case studies, this book develops the notion of legacy, and in particular, ‘living legacy’– that is, it explores power relations in the context of time as a means to considering and challenging social injustice. Legacies of social injustice are very frequently erased, denied or declared redundant. Framed by the concept of ‘legacy’,... Read more

1. Ongoing Legacies of Social Injustice: A Critical Interrogation

Chris Beasley and Pam Papadelos

Part 1

2. A Family Act: Power, Gendered Violence and the Living Legacy of Social Injustice in Papua New Guinea

Alison Dundon

3. A Pontian Commemoration: A Living Legacy to Remember Loss

Valerie Liddle

4. ‘Horrors’ of Honour

Kameljeet Kaur

5. The Legacy of Stigma: American Single Mothers

Amy Andrada

Part 2

6. Talking of Silence: Young Gypsy/Traveller Women in Scotland

Geetha Marcus

7. Young Refugees Navigating the Emotional Legacies of Displacement in Beirut Through Friendships

David Anderson and Mary Holmes

8. The Enduring Legacies of Migration: Older Greek-born Migrants’ Experience of ‎Aging in Australia

Pam Papadelos

9. Unearthing Buried Legacies

Rosemary Wanganeen and Anna Szorenyi

Part 3

10. The Legacy of Injustice and Resistance: Japan’s Military Sexual Slavery

Maki Kimura

11. Haunted by the Heteronorm: Contemporary Hollywood Romance

Chris Beasley

12. Challenging Criminalisation in the Commonwealth: Theorising Legacies and Colonialities in LGBTIQ Movement Strategies

Matthew Waites

13. Re-imagining Legacy (Power-Time) and Social Change

Chris Beasley and Pam Papadelos

Biography

Chris Beasley is Emerita Professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations, School of Social Sciences, at the University of Adelaide, Australia, and Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.

Pam Papadelos is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology, Criminology and Gender Studies, School of Social Sciences, at the University of Adelaide, Australia, and Deputy Director of the Fay Gale Centre for Research on Gender.