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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