Rethinking Transgender Identities: Reflections from Around the Globe

This book explores the diversity and complexity of transgender people's experiences, showing how gendered bodies are constructed through social, cultural, and economic networks. It includes original research from scholars and activists in Aotearoa New Zealand, Brazil, Canada, Catalan, China, Japan, Scotland, Spain, and the United States, examining the relationship between transgender identities and politics, lived realities, strategies, mobilizations, age, ethnicity, activism, and communities across different spatial scales and times.

Format: Hardback
Length: 214 pages
Publication date: 25 March 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive volume delves into the rich tapestry of transgender individuals' experiences, unveiling the intricate nuances and complexities that shape their lives. It compellingly demonstrates that gendered bodies are not fixed entities but rather are constructed through a web of social, cultural, and economic networks, as well as through diverse spaces and places.

Rethinking Transgender Identities is a groundbreaking collection that brings together original research in a variety of formats, including interviews, participatory methods, surveys, cultural texts, and insightful commentary. The contributors, hailing from diverse locations such as Aotearoa New Zealand, Brazil, Canada, Catalan, China, Japan, Scotland, Spain, and the United States, offer valuable insights into the multifaceted world of transgender identities.

The collection explores the intricate relationship between transgender identities and a wide range of factors, including politics, lived realities, strategies, mobilizations, age, ethnicity, activism, and communities. By examining these connections across different spatial scales and times, the chapters provide a comprehensive and authoritative state-of-the-art review of current research in sociology, gender studies, sexuality and queer studies, family studies, media and cultural studies, psychology, health, law, criminology, politics, and human geography.

This book is a valuable resource for scholars and graduate students seeking to deepen their understanding of transgender experiences, as well as for activists and policymakers working to promote inclusivity and equality for all individuals. It offers a wealth of knowledge and perspectives that will undoubtedly contribute to the ongoing dialogue and progress in this field.

Weight: 453g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781472486011