Edward Schiappa

The Transgender Exigency (eBook, PDF)

Defining Sex and Gender in the 21st Century

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

At no other point in human history have the definitions of "woman" and "man," "male" and "female," "masculine" and "feminine," been more contentious than now. This book advances a pragmatic approach to the act of defining that acknowledges the important ethical dimensions of our definitional practices.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000538663
• Artikelnr.: 63069498

Autorenporträt

Edward Schiappa is the John E. Burchard Professor of Humanities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His work in rhetorical theory and media studies has been published in journals in Classics, Psychology, Philosophy, English, Law, and Communication Studies. He is the author of a number of books, including Defining Reality: Definitions and the Politics of Meaning and Beyond Representational Correctness: Rethinking Criticism of Popular Media.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part 1: Definitions and the Transgender Exigency
1 The Role of Regulatory Definitions
2 A Brief History of Defining Sex and Gender
3 The Transgender Exigency
Part 2: Definitional Contexts
4 Schools
5 Bathrooms
6 Military
7 Sports
8 Prisons
9 Feminism
Part 3: What Now?
10 A Pragmatic Approach to Defining Sex and Gender