Debates in transgender, queer, and feminist theory : contested sites / by Patricia Elliot.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Elliot, Patricia, 1955-

Series:

Queer interventions.

Queer interventions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gender nonconformity.

Feminist theory.

Gender identity.

Queer theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 p.)

Edition:

1 ed.

Place of Publication:

Farnham, Surrey, UK ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Intersecting the domains of women's studies, sexuality, gender and transgender studies, Debates in Transgender, Queer, and Feminist Theory provides a critical analysis of key texts and theories, engaging in a dialogue with prominent theorists of transgendered identity, embodiment and sexual politics, and intervening in various aspects of a conceptually and politically difficult terrain.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Series Editor's Preface Trans-positions, Fugitive Poetics and Educated Hope; Preface and Acknowledgements; About the Author; Introduction Exploring Rifts in Transgender, Queer, and Feminist Theories; 1 Feminist Embattlement on the Field of Trans; 2 Revaluing Gender Diversity Beyond the Ts/Tg Hierarchy; 3 Desire and the "(Un)Becoming Other": The Question of Intelligibility; 4 Risking the Unfamiliar: Psychic Complexity in Theories of Transsexual Embodiment; 5 Still Not in Our Genes: Theorizing Complex Bodies; Conclusion Fielding Contested Desires; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786612892233

9781315576008

1315576007

9781317154334

1317154339

9781317154327

1317154320

9781282892231

1282892231

9781409403944

1409403947

OCLC:

689997325

Publisher Number:

https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315576008