The transgender studies reader / edited by Susan Stryker and Stephen Whittle.
Contributor(s): Stryker, Susan [editor.] | Whittle, Stephen [editor.].
Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2006Description: xvi, 752p. ill.ISBN: 9780367632090.Subject(s): Gender nonconformity | Cross-dressing | Transgender people | Cross-dressersDDC classification: 306.768 Online resources: Click here to access online | Click here to access online Summary: Transgender studies is the latest area of academic inquiry to grow out of the exciting nexus of queer theory, feminist studies, and the history of sexuality. Because transpeople challenge our most fundamental assumptions about the relationship between bodies, desire, and identity, the field is both fascinating and contentious. The Transgender Studies Reader puts between two covers fifty influential texts with new introductions by the editors that, taken together, document the evolution of transgender studies in the English-speaking world. By bringing together the voices and experience of transgender individuals, doctors, psychologists and academically-based theorists, this volume will be a foundational text for the transgender community, transgender studies, and related queer theory.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 725-729) and index.
Transgender studies is the latest area of academic inquiry to grow out of the exciting nexus of queer theory, feminist studies, and the history of sexuality. Because transpeople challenge our most fundamental assumptions about the relationship between bodies, desire, and identity, the field is both fascinating and contentious. The Transgender Studies Reader puts between two covers fifty influential texts with new introductions by the editors that, taken together, document the evolution of transgender studies in the English-speaking world. By bringing together the voices and experience of transgender individuals, doctors, psychologists and academically-based theorists, this volume will be a foundational text for the transgender community, transgender studies, and related queer theory.
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