Trans : a quick and quirky account of gender variability / Jack Halberstam.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Halberstam, Jack, 1961- author.

Series:

American studies now ; 3.

American Studies Now: Critical Histories of the Present ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trans people--Social conditions.

Trans people.

Gender identity.

Gender identity--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 164 pages)

Other Title:

Trans*: a quick and quirky account of gender variability

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, 2018

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 favor 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? In Trans*, Jack Halberstam explores these recent shifts in the meaning of the gendered body and representation, and explores the possibilities of a nongendered, gender-optional, or gender-queer future.-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Overview

Preface

1. Trans*: What's in a name?

2. Making trans* bodies

3. Becoming trans*

4. Trans* generations

5. Trans* representations

6. Trans* feminism

Conclusions

Acknowledgments

Notes

On Pronouns

Works Cited

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780520966109 (electronic book)

9780520292697

0520292693

9780520966109

0520966104

OCLC:

1100432491