Trans* : a quick and quirky account of gender variability / Jack Halberstam.
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TextSeries: American studies now ; 3.Publisher: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: xiii, 164 pages ; 21 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780520292697 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Transgender people -- Social conditions | Gender identity -- Social aspects | Family and Relationships | Family and RelationshipsDDC classification: 306.7'68 Summary: In the last decade, public discussions of transgender issues have increased exponentially. However, with this increased visibility has come not just power, but regulation, both in favour of and against trans people. What was once regarded as an unusual or even unfortunate disorder has become an accepted articulation of gendered embodiment as well as a new site for political activism and political recognition. What happened in the last few decades to prompt such an extensive rethinking of our understanding of gendered embodiment? How did a stigmatized identity become so central to U.S. and European articulations of self? And how have people responded to the new definitions and understanding of sex and the gendered body? Jack Halberstam explores these shifts in the meaning of the gendered body and representation, and explores the possibilities of a nongendered, gender-optional, or gender-queer future.
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In the last decade, public discussions of transgender issues have increased exponentially. However, with this increased visibility has come not just power, but regulation, both in favour of and against trans people. What was once regarded as an unusual or even unfortunate disorder has become an accepted articulation of gendered embodiment as well as a new site for political activism and political recognition. What happened in the last few decades to prompt such an extensive rethinking of our understanding of gendered embodiment? How did a stigmatized identity become so central to U.S. and European articulations of self? And how have people responded to the new definitions and understanding of sex and the gendered body? Jack Halberstam explores these shifts in the meaning of the gendered body and representation, and explores the possibilities of a nongendered, gender-optional, or gender-queer future.
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