In this Book
- Transfeminist Perspectives in and beyond Transgender and Gender Studies
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: Temple University Press
Lambda Literary Award for Best Book in Transgender Nonfiction, 2013
If feminist studies and transgender studies are so intimately connected, why are they not more deeply integrated? Offering multidisciplinary models for this assimilation, the vibrant essays in Transfeminist Perspectives in and beyond Transgender and Gender Studies suggest timely and necessary changes for institutions of higher learning.
Responding to the more visible presence of transgender persons as well as gender theories, the contributing essayists focus on how gender is practiced in academia, health care, social services, and even national border patrols. Working from the premise that transgender is both material and cultural, the contributors address such aspects of the university as administration, sports, curriculum, pedagogy, and the appropriate location for transgender studies.
Combining feminist theory, transgender studies, and activism centered on social diversity and justice, these essays examine how institutions as lived contexts shape everyday life.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- pp. vii-viii
- Note on Terms and Concepts
- pp. 16-20
- Part I: “This Much Knowledge”: Flexible Epistemologies
- 1. Gender/Sovereignty
- pp. 23-33
- Part II: Categorical Insufficiencies and “Impossible People”
- Part III: Valuing Subjects: Toward Unexpected Alliances
- 10. Reclaiming Femininity
- pp. 170-183
- 11. What’s Wrong with Trans Rights?
- pp. 184-194
- 12. When Something Is Not Right
- pp. 195-202
- Bibliography
- pp. 233-248
- Contributors
- pp. 249-252
Additional Information
Copyright
2012