Lexington Books
Pages: 234
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Trim: 6 x 9
978-1-4985-9365-6 • Hardback • February 2021 • $100.00 • (£77.00)
978-1-4985-9366-3 • eBook • February 2021 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
Mike Perez is associate professor of humanities and communication at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
John C. Lamothe is associate professor of humanities and communication at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
Rachel Friedman is associate professor of aviation administration at California State University at Los Angeles.
Chapter 1: TransForming Society?: Examining the Pros and Cons of the Trans Celebrity Spokesperson
Chapter 2: Popular vs. Personal: Transgender Narratives in Public Media Culture
Chapter 3: Schrödinger’s Dick: The Transgender Reveal Trope in Boy Meets Girl
Chapter 4: The Trans Baby Boom: Framing Male Pregnancy on Television
Chapter 5: Where’s the ‘T’? RuPaul’s Drag Race and Transgender In/Exclusion
Chapter 6: How to Define Fair?: Examining Transgender on the ‘Level Playing Field.’
Chapter 7: Gender Identity in Transgender Comics
Chapter 8: Transgender Talk and Conservative Christians: Framing a Persuasive Conversation
Chapter 9: Transgender and Transracial Identity: A Cultural Examination of “Passing”
Chapter 10: Transition to Neverland: Exploring Trans Boyhood through J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan
Chapter 11: Hijras and the Indian Caste System
Chapter 12: A Nonbinary Letter: From Camp Epicene
Having been in the trans studies game for decades, it’s always a treat to encounter fresh voices that have new things to say, from different generational and institutional perspectives, about topics that haven’t always been addressed in the existing trans studies literature. Mike Perez, Rachel Friedman, and John C. Lamothe have assembled a collection of just that sort of work in Beyond Binaries, centering trans and non-binary scholars reflecting on everything from comics culture to conservative Christianity. A solid contribution to the field.
— Susan Stryker, executive editor of TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly
Beyond Binaries is a powerful, inclusive, and timely collection of critical essays that engages transgender, gender-fluid, and non-binary identities in meaningful and important ways. This interdisciplinary collection offers diverse accounts of lived and mediated gender experiences that include the beauty and hardships of historical, contemporary, and even future transgender people. The book not only locates critical issues for transgender people here in the US but internationally as well. By bringing forth a diverse collection of voices, methodologies, and theoretical frameworks, the collection establishes its place in the repertoire of any person invested in developing a more holistic and critical understanding of transgender identity.
— Rachel E. Silverman, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University