Jack Halberstam - Trans
Jack Halberstam - Trans This title is part of American Studies Now and available as an e-book first. However, with this increased visibility has come not just power, but regulation, both in favor of…
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Jack Halberstam - Trans
This title is part of American Studies Now and available as an e-book first. However, with this increased visibility has come not just power, but regulation, both in favor of and against trans people. Visit ucpress.edu/go/americanstudiesnow to learn more.In the last decade, public discussions of transgender issues have increased exponentially.
What happened in the last few decades to prompt such an extensive rethinking of our understanding of gendered embodiment? What was once regarded as an unusual or even unfortunate disorder has become an accepted articulation of gendered embodiment as well as a new site for political activism and political recognition. How did a stigmatized identity become so central to U.S.
and European articulations of self? And how have people responded to the new definitions and understanding of sex and the gendered body? In Trans*, Jack