Understanding trans health : discourse, power and possibility / Ruth Pearce.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pearce, Ruth (Of University of Leeds. School of Sociology and Social Policy), author.

Contributor:

Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

JSTOR (Online Service)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trans people--Medical care.

Trans people.

Trans people--Health and hygiene.

Transgender people.

Medical care.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2018.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Intro; UNDERSTANDING TRANS HEALTH; Contents; List of abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Part One . The context of care; 1. Introduction: coming to terms with trans health; Trans health … who cares?; Discourse, power and possibility; The research project; Structure of the book; A transgender tipping point?; 2. Condition or movement? A genealogy of trans discourse; Discursive repertoires: unpacking trans possibility; Condition and cure: fixing trans; 'A movement whose time has come': the emergence of 'trans'; Condition as movement: towards gender pluralism

Movement as condition: towards a more inclusive model of trans health?Conclusion: negotiating medical discourse; 3. Trans health in practice: conditions of care; Not worth the trouble?; The wider context of trans health; Gender identity services: the patient journey; Private pathways; Mistrust of health professionals; Conclusion: characterising care; Part Two. Navigating health services; 4. (Re)defining trans; 'Coming out' … as what, or who?; Transsexual histories and posttranssexual possibilities; Conditional possibilities in trans healthcare; The possibility of movement

Differing understandings of trans healthConclusion: the (im)possibilities of trans patienthood; 5. Trans temporalities: imagining a future in the time of anticipation; Living in the time of anticipation; Interrogating trans temporalities; The long wait; Mistrust; 'Trans enough' to pass the test: anticipating difficulty in assessments; The possibility of joy: a discourse of hope; Circumventing the time of anticipation: private treatment and self-medication; Suicide, and the collapse of possible futures; In which I continue to wait (a contingent conclusion); Part Three . Changing trans health

6. The politics of trans health: negotiating credible knowledgeA Trip To The Clinic; Establishing credibility: the epistemic politics of trans health; Gatekeeping the gatekeepers; Recognition and repetition: promoting patient knowledges; Negotiating change: the depathologisation movement; Conclusion: the epistemic politics of epistemic analysis; 7. Towards affirmative care; 'Living like a woman': gatekeeping, power, and models of care; Producing, reifying and legitimating trans possibilities; Negotiating discourses of trans health; Beyond gatekeeping

Appendix: notes on fieldwork, methods and ethicsA sketch of the field; Data collection; Analysis; Positionality: turning a critical lens on myself; Ethics; List of key terms; References; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: PEARCE, RUTH. UNDERSTANDING TRANS HEALTH.

ISBN:

9781447342342

1447342348

Publisher Number:

99977360057

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.