TY - BOOK AU - Halberstam,Judith TI - Trans*: a quick and quirky account of gender variability T2 - American studies now : critical histories of the present SN - 9780520966109 AV - HQ77 .T736 2018 PY - 2018/// CY - Oakland, California PB - University of California Press KW - Transgender people KW - Social conditions KW - Gender identity KW - Social aspects KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; Trans* : what's in a name? --; Making trans* bodies --; Becoming trans* --; Trans* generations --; Trans* representations --; Trans* feminisms; 2; b N2 - "In the last decade, public discussions of transgender issues have increased exponentially. However, with this increased visibility has come not just power, but regulation, both in favor of and against trans people. What was once regarded as an unusual or even unfortunate disorder has become an accepted articulation of gendered embodiment as well as a new site for political activism and political recognition. What happened in the last few decades to prompt such an extensive rethinking of our understanding of gendered embodiment? How did a stigmatized identity become so central to US and European articulations of self? And how have people responded to the new definitions and understanding of sex and the gendered body? In Trans*, Jack Halberstam explores these recent shifts in the meaning of the gendered body and representation, and explores the possibilities of a nongendered, gender-optional, or gender-queer future"--Provided by publisher UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1579466&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -