Gender and Sexual Identity Transcending Feminist and Queer Theory /

• Main Authors: Nagoshi, Julie L. (Author), Nagoshi, Craig T. (Author), Brzuzy, Stephan/ie (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Psychology.; Sociology.; Sex (Psychology).; Gender expression.; Gender identity.; Gender Studies.

Transgender individuals--those who live outside conventional binary gender constructs--challenge what we know about how identity works. Their experiences provide rare insights into not only gender and sexuality but also self-perception and identity construction, both personal and social. The first v...

Table of Contents:

• Overview
• Feminist and Queer Theories: The Response to the Social Construction of Gender
• The Quantitative/Positivist Approach to Socially Constructed Identities
• The Qualitative Approach to Socially Constructed Identities
• Transgender and Trans-identity Theory
• Embodied Identities
• Intersectionality and Narratives of Lived Experiences
• Practice and Personal Empowerment
• Coalition Building with Intersectional Identities
• Coalition Building Based on Socially Constructed Oppressed Identities
• Conclusions
• Appendix
• References
• Index.