David Valentine

Auteur de Imagining Transgender: An Ethnography of a Category

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Imagining Transgender: An Ethnography of a Category par David Valentine

2011-01-12

The one that got me into this mess. Fascinating sociology (even if I still don't get the exact differences between a butch queen up in drags and... all the other ones), and some other interesting ideas. Not remotely a primer (oops).

Falls prey to a very typical problem with trans sociology: there's way more focus on (approximately) 'transfeminine' than (approximately) 'transmasculine' people. To his credit, Valentine talks to about two who could be classified as the latter. You have to wonder why the disparity in numbers happens, though.

I honestly haven't read this in a while so I'm not remembering much and perhaps not doing it justice here.… (plus d'informations)

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caedocyon | Feb 21, 2024 |