ABSTRACT
This collection by trans and non-trans academics and artists from the United States, the UK, and continental Europe, examines how transgenderism can be conceptualized in a literary, biographical, and autobiographical framework, with emphasis on place, ethnicity and visibility. The volume covers the 1950s to the present day and examines autobiographical accounts and films featuring gender transition. Chapters focus on various stages of transitioning. Interviews with trans people are also provided.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|32 pages
Place
part II|33 pages
Ethnicity
chapter 4|17 pages
Studs, Stems, and Fishy Boys
Adolescent Latino Gender Variance and the Slippery Diagnosis of Transsexuality
chapter 5|14 pages
Kaming Mga Talyada (We Who Are Sexy)
The Transsexual Whiteness of Christine Jorgensen in the (Post) Colonial Philippines
part III|87 pages
Visibility
chapter 7|15 pages
Transsexual Experiences
Photography, Gender, and the Case of the Emperor's New Clothes
chapter 10|17 pages
Trans Africa
Between Transgendered “Possession” and Transsexuality in South African Experiential Narratives
