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Viviane Namaste

Invisible Lives

The Erasure of Transsexual and Transgendered People

320 pages, 2 maps  6 x 9  © 2000

Paper $26.00

ISBN: 9780226568102   Published December 2000

Acknowledgments
Introduction
I. Theory
1. "Tragic Misreadings": Queer Theory's Erasure of Transgender Subjectivity
2. Theory Trouble: Social Scientific Research and Transgendered People
3. Beyond Texualist and Objectivist Theory: Toward a Reflective 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
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Awards
  • Gustavus Myers Center Outstanding Book Award
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