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Gayle Salamon

2 Publications

50 concepts for a critical phenomenology

Gail Weiss, Ann Murphy, Gayle Salamon (eds)

Northwestern University Press - Evanston, IL

2019

Phenomenology, the philosophical method that seeks to uncover the taken-for-granted presuppositions, habits, and norms that structure everyday experience, is increasingly framed by ethical and political concerns. Critical phenomenology foregrounds experiences of marginalization, oppression, and power in order to identify and transform common experiences of injustice that render “the familiar” a site of oppression for many.

The life and death of Latisha King

Gayle Salamon

New York University Press - New York City

2018

The Life and Death of Latisha King examines a single incident, the shooting of 15-year-old Latisha King by 14-year-old Brandon McInerney in their junior high school classroom in Oxnard, California in 2008. The press coverage of the shooting, as well as the criminal trial that followed, referred to Latisha, assigned male at birth, as Larry.

2 Publications