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Imagining transgender : an ethnography of a category / David Valentine.

e-Duke Books Scholarly Collection Pre-2008 Archive Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Valentine, David, 1966-
Series:
e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Gender nonconformity.
Trans people--Social conditions.
Trans people.
Gender identity.
Gender nonconformity--Research.
Anthropology.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (318 p.)
Place of Publication:
Durham : Duke University Press, 2007.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
An ethnography in which the author's fieldwork with transgendered and transsexual individuals in New York City demonstrates the creation and confusion of gender identity labels.
Contents:
Imagining transgender
Making community
"I know what I am" : gender, sexuality, and identity
The making of a field : anthropology and transgender studies
The logic of inclusion : transgender activism
The calculus of pain : violence, narrative, and the self
Conclusion: Making ethnography.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-297) and index.
ISBN:
9786612923494
9780822338536
082233853X
9781282923492
1282923498
OCLC:
271166229

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