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Transgender Experience: Place, Ethnicity, and Visibility (Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies)

Transgender Experience: Place, Ethnicity, and Visibility (Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies)

by Chantal Zabus (Editor), David Coad (Editor)

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    Hardcover 2014

    $147.35
Synopsis

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.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 190
 Publisher: Routledge
Published: 04 Feb 2014
ISBN 10: 0415656168
ISBN 13: 9780415656160

Media Reviews

This lively addition to trans studies crosses diverse geographical and gender boundaries, forging important connections between personal narratives and theoretical claims. -Patricia Elliot, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada

Author Bio
Chantal Zabus is Professor of Postcolonial Literatures and Gender Studies at the University Paris 13 Sorbonne-Paris-Cite, France. She is the author of Out in Africa (2013); Between Rites and Rights (2007); The African Palimpsest (2007); and Tempests after Shakespeare (2002). She is the Editor-in-Chief of Postcolonial Text. David Coad is Associate Professor of English and Cultural Studies at the University of Valenciennes, France. He is the author of Prophete dans le desert: Essais sur Patrick White (1997), Gender Trouble Down Under: Australian Masculinities (2002) and The Metrosexual: Gender, Sexuality, and Sport (2008).