Second skins : the body narratives of transsexuality
Jay Prosser (Author)
Focusing on the union of body and narrative, this work conveys how transsexuality has been moulded by autobiographical acts. It argues that the transsexual body - as a historical subject and the histories of individual transsexual subjects - is empowered by narrative
Aufsatzsammlung
x, 267 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
9780231109345, 9780231109352, 0231109342, 0231109350
37870577
Acknowledgments | ix | ||||
Introduction: On Transitions--Changing Bodies, Changing Narratives | 1 | (20) | |||
Part 1: Bodies | 21 | (78) | |||
| 21 | (40) | |||
| 61 | (38) | |||
Part 2: Narratives | 99 | (108) | |||
| 99 | (36) | |||
| 135 | (36) | |||
| 171 | (36) | |||
Epilogue: Transsexuality in Photography--Fielding the Referent | 207 | (30) | |||
Notes | 237 | (24) | |||
Index | 261 |
Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)