trans* : approaches, methods, and concepts
- Categories
- Article/Artikel
- Magazine Title
- Tijdschrift voor genderstudies
- Magazine Year
- 2017
- Magazine Number
- 4
- Thesaurus
- transgenders, queer theory, Zuid-Afrika, Nederland, 21e eeuw
- Description
- This special issue focuses on new directions in transgender studies. The essays highlight the different methods of looking through a trans* lens. The essays explore the interventions made possible by theorising trans with an asterisk (*) compared to its hyphenated use (-). The first article looks at new trans* and interdiscplinary research prespectives. The second article focuses on South African refugees who migrate because of their gender identity. The following article describes the representation of transgender people in the media in the Netherlands. In the last two articles the relevancy of Jean Genet's work within transgender studies and trans*ing constructs such as masculinity are discussed.