Debates in Transgender Queer and Feminist Theory

<p>Transgender studies is a heterogeneous site of debate that is marked by tensions, border wars, and rifts both within the field and among feminist and queer theorists. Intersecting the domains of women’s studies, sexuality, gender and transgender studies, <em>Debates in Transgender, Queer, and Feminist Theory</em> provides a critical analysis of key texts and theories, engaging in a dialogue with prominent theorists of transgendered identity, embodiment and sexual politics, and intervening in various aspects of a conceptually and politically difficult terrain. A central concern is the question of whether the theories and practices needed to foster and secure the lives of transsexuals and transgendered persons will be promoted or undermined - a concern that raises broader social, political, and ethical questions surrounding assumptions about gender, sexuality, and sexual difference; perceptions of transgendered embodiments and identities; and conceptions of divergent desires, goals and visions.</p> Contents: Series Editor's preface: trans-positions, fugitive poetics and educated hope; Preface; Introduction: exploring rifts in transgender, queer, and feminist theories; Feminist embattlement on the field of trans; Revaluing gender diversity beyond the Ts/Tg hierarchy; Desire and the "(un)becoming other:" the question of intelligibility; Risking the unfamiliar: psychic complexity in theories of transsexual embodiment; Still not in our genes: theorizing complex bodies; Conclusion: fielding contested sites; Bibliography; Index.