Presents an examination of the emergence and institutionalization of "transgender" as a category of collective identity. This book analyzes the reasons for and potential consequences of this difference - between how some of the gender variant people conceive of themselves and how they are perceived by service providers and others.
Presents an examination of the emergence and institutionalization of "transgender" as a category of collective identity. This book analyzes the reasons for and potential consequences of this difference - between how some of the gender variant people conceive of themselves and how they are perceived by service providers and others.
List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Part I: Imagining Transgender Introduction 3 1. Imagining Transgender 29 Part II: Making Community, Conceiving Identity Introduction to Part II: Reframing Community and Identity 68 2. Making Community 71 3. “I Know What I Am”: Gender, Sexuality, and Identity 105 Part III: Emerging Fields Introduction to Part III: The Transexual, the Anthropologist, and the Rabbi 140 4. The Making of a Field: Anthropology and Transgender Studies 143 5. The Logic of Inclusion: Transgender Activism 173 6. The Calculus of Pain: Violence, Narrative, and the Self 204 Conclusion: Making Ethnography 231 Notes 257 Works Cited 277 Index 299
List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Part I: Imagining Transgender Introduction 3 1. Imagining Transgender 29 Part II: Making Community, Conceiving Identity Introduction to Part II: Reframing Community and Identity 68 2. Making Community 71 3. “I Know What I Am”: Gender, Sexuality, and Identity 105 Part III: Emerging Fields Introduction to Part III: The Transexual, the Anthropologist, and the Rabbi 140 4. The Making of a Field: Anthropology and Transgender Studies 143 5. The Logic of Inclusion: Transgender Activism 173 6. The Calculus of Pain: Violence, Narrative, and the Self 204 Conclusion: Making Ethnography 231 Notes 257 Works Cited 277 Index 299
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