Trans lives in a globalizing world : rights, identities, and politics / edited by J. Michael Ryan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ryan, J. Michael, editor.

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trans people--Social conditions.

Trans people.

Gender-nonconforming people--Social conditions.

Gender-nonconforming people.

Trans people--Identity.

Transgender people--Identity.

Trans people--Civil rights.

Transgender people--Civil rights.

Transgender people.

Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 225 pages)

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

J. Michael Ryanis an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Nazarbayev University (Kazakhstan). He received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Maryland (United States of America). Dr. Ryan was previously a researcher for the TRANSRIGHTS Project at The University of Lisbon (Portugal) and has taught courses at The American University in Cairo (Egypt), Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) (Ecuador), and at the University of Maryland. Before returning to academia, Dr. Ryan worked as a research methodologist at the National Center for Health Statistics in Washington, D.C. He is the editor ofCore Concepts in Sociology(2019), and co-editor ofGender in the Middle East and North Africa: Contemporary Issues and Challenges (with Helen Rizzo, 2020),The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Theory(with Bryan Turner et. al., 2017),The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Consumption and Consumer Studies(with Daniel T. Cook, 2015), andThe Concise Encyclopedia of Sociology(with George Ritzer, 2011). He also served as an advisory editor onThe Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies.

Contents:

1 Trans Lives in a Global(izing) World: Rights, Identities, and Politics p. 1 / J. Michael Ryan PhD

Part I Trans Identities p. 15

2 Displaying Trans (In)visibilities p. 17 / Ana Cristina Marques

3 Globalization and Change among the Hijras of South Asia p. 34 / Adnan Hossain and Serena Nanda

4 Non-Binary Identity and the Double-Edged Sword of Globalization p. 50 / Chassitty N. Fiani and Christine R. Serpe

5 (Re)making "Transgender" Identities in Global Media and Popular Culture p. 66 / Thomas J Billard and Sam Nesfield

Part II Trans Rights p. 91

6 Medicalized Transgender Bodies: Depriving Autonomy, Conferring Humanness, and Bestowing Cisgenderism p. 93 / Jodie M. Dewey

7 Gender-affirming Surgeries in a Global Context: The Role of Medical, Legal and Social Norms p. 110 / Maeghan Ross and Tim C. van de Grift

8 A Transgender Perspective on Human Rights: The Case of the World Bank and the United States Agency for International Development p. 128 / Chloe Schwenke

Part III Trans Politics p. 145

9 Stronger Together: The Global Shift to Transgender-Inclusive Armed Forces p. 147 / Adam F. Yerke

10 Moving Elsewhere: The Complex Genealogies of Trans Studies in the Academy p. 165 / Nael Bhanji and Chase Joynt

11 Fleeing Across the Globe: Trans Asylum Seekers p. 178 / Nan Seuffert

12 Legal Gender Recognition: Building the Infrastructure for Trans Communities to Thrive p. 198 / Kyle Knight.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 29, 2020).

Other Format:

Print version: Trans lives in a globalizing world

ISBN:

9780429517310

0429517319

9780429201783

0429201788

9780429510458

0429510454

9780429513886

0429513887

Publisher Number:

40030178773

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Restricted for use by site license.