| Description |
xiii, 340 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
I. Theory. 1. "Tragic Misreadings": Queer Theory's Erasure of Transgender Subjectivity. 2. Theory Trouble: Social Scientific Research and Transgendered People. 3. Beyond Textualist and Objectivist Theory: Toward a Reflexive Poststructuralist Sociology -- II. Culture. 4. "A Gang of Trannies": Gendered Discourse and Punk Culture. 5. Gendered Nationalisms and Nationalized Genders: The Use of Metaphor in Mass Culture and U.S. Transsexual Activism -- III. Research. 6. Genderbashing: Sexuality, Gender, and the Regulation of Public Space. 7. Access Denied: The Experiences of Transsexuals and Transgendered People with Health Care and Social Services in Toronto, Ontario. 8. Clinical Research or Community Health?: Transsexual Perceptions of Gender Identity Clinics. 9. The Administration of Erasure: The Bureaucracy of Legal Sex, a Vicious Circle of Administration, and HIV/AIDS in Quebec |
| Summary |
This book examines transgendered people in their everyday lives and how they are erased in a variety of institutional and cultural settings. Additionally, difficulties in employment, health care, and identity papers are examined |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-332) and index |
| Notes |
Self-Renewing 2017 UoY |
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Transgender people -- Canada
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Transvestites -- Canada
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Transsexuals -- Canada
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Marginality, Social -- Canada
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Female impersonators -- Canada
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Cross-dressers -- Canada
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Marginality, Social.
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Transgender people.
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Transsexuals.
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Transseksualiteit.
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Travestieten.
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Marginaliteit.
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Canada.
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| LC no. |
00024155 |
| ISBN |
9780226568102 |
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0226568105 |
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