The Transgender Studies Reader

Description:

Transgender studies is the latest area of academic inquiry to grow out of the exciting nexus of queer theory, feminist studies, and the history of sexuality. Because transpeople challenge our most fundamental assumptions about the relationship between bodies, desire, and identity, the field is both fascinating and contentious. The Transgender Studies Reader puts between two covers fifty influential texts with new introductions by the editors that, taken together, document the evolution of transgender studies in the English-speaking world. By bringing together the voices and experience of transgender individuals, doctors, psychologists and academically-based theorists, this volume will be a foundational text for the transgender community, transgender studies, and related queer theory.

subjects: Transvestites,  Transsexuals,  Transvestism,  Transsexualism,  Cross-dressing,  Cross-dressers,  Queer theory,  Transgender people,  Gender identity,  Identity,  Transgenderism,  LGBTQ gender identity,  LGBTQ essays,  Lambda Literary Awards,  Lambda Literary Award Winner,  Sex differences,  Transgender Persons,  Sex Characteristics,  Transsexualisme,  Travestisme,  Transsexuels,  Travestis,  Identité sexuelle,  Différences entre sexes,  LGBTQ+,  Sex role,  PSYCHOLOGY,  Human Sexuality,  SELF-HELP,  Sexual Instruction,  Geschlechtsidentität,  Transgender,  Transsexuella,  Transvestiter,  Gender Studies & Sexuality,  Gender & Ethnic Studies,  Social Sciences