Debates in Transgender, Queer, and Feminist Theory / Patricia Elliot.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Elliot, Patricia, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trans children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

London : Taylor & Francis, 2016.

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:

Contents: Series Editor's preface: trans-positions, fugitive poetics and educated hope; Preface; Introduction: exploring rifts in transgender, queer, and feminist theories; Feminist embattlement on the field of trans; Revaluing gender diversity beyond the Ts/Tg hierarchy; Desire and the "(un)becoming other:" the question of intelligibility; Risking the unfamiliar: psychic complexity in theories of transsexual embodiment; Still not in our genes: theorizing complex bodies; Conclusion: fielding contested sites; Bibliography; Index.

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