Full Description
The first comprehensive presentation of an explicitly transgender theory. This theory goes beyond feminist and queer theory by incorporating the idea of fluid embodiment and lived experience in conceptualizing gender and sexual identity. Beyond developing a formulation of transgender theory that incorporates the socially constructed, embodied, and self-constructed aspects of identity in the narrative of lived experiences, the authors discuss the implications of this "trans-identity theory" for theory, research, and practice.
Contents
Overview.- Feminist and Queer Theories: The Response to the Social Construction of Gender.- The Quantitative/Positivist Approach to Socially Constructed Identities.- The Qualitative Approach to Socially Constructed Identities.- Transgender and Trans-identity Theory.- Embodied Identities.- Intersectionality and Narratives of Lived Experiences.- Practice and Personal Empowerment.- Coalition Building with Intersectional Identities.- Coalition Building Based on Socially Constructed Oppressed Identities.- Conclusions.- Appendix.- References.- Index.
