Columbia University Press
Transtopia in the Sinophone Pacific
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- Howard Chiang
- Columbia University Press
- Hardcover
- 9780231190961
- 9.02 X 5.98 X 1 inches
- 1.59 pounds
- History > Asia - China
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
Against the backdrop of the Sinophone Pacific, Chiang argues that the concept of transgender identity must be rethought beyond a purely Western frame. At the same time, he challenges China-centrism in the study of East Asian gender and sexual configurations. Chiang brings Sinophone studies to bear on trans theory to deconstruct the ways in which sexual normativity and Chinese imperialism have been produced through one another. Grounded in an eclectic range of sources--from the archives of sexology to press reports of intersexuality, films about castration, and records of social activism--this book reorients anti-transphobic inquiry at the crossroads of area studies, medical humanities, and queer theory. Timely and provocative, Transtopia in the Sinophone Pacific highlights the urgency of interdisciplinary knowledge in debates over the promise and future of human diversity.
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