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Liberated to the Bone

Histories. Bodies. Futures.

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Self-transformation requires social transformation.

Social transformation requires self-transformation.

The newest title in the Emergent Strategy Series, Liberated to the Bone addresses the intersections between healing our physical bodies and healing our relationship within systems and structures that are shaped by violence. The book illuminates three different approaches to healing: ending violence, the significance of being rooted in the present, and creating the conditions to address unfinished histories and generational trauma. By showing how these approaches are intricately connected—whether it be physically or emotionally—Raffo interrupts the traumatic binaries of the political and spiritual, the physical and intellectual, and healing and organizing.

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    • Library Journal

      Starred review from September 9, 2022

      Liberation often feels like an abstract concept, but as activists like adrienne maree brown have recently shown, mending social relations and societal ills, especially those that violence shapes, intersects with healing physical bodies as well. With attention to the deep structural roots of oppression and its corporeality, Raffo's (Restricted Access; Queerly Classed) book--part of the "Emergent Strategy Series" edited by brown--has created a powerful exploration of the importance of the body when addressing generational trauma, social justice, and unfinished histories. Raffo, who is part of the Healing Histories Project, which focuses on transforming the medical-industrial complex and confronting eugenic legacies, offers three approaches to healing, including ending the violence associated with these issues and firmly planting oneself' in the present. VERDICT Visceral and readable without ever feeling too steeped in theory or jargon, Raffo's accessible book helps show that roots matter more than what many see and that change is impossible without a real weeding, a structural dismantling of what people prefer to simply cover up or look away from.--Emily Bowles

      Copyright 2022 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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