Fleshy specificity: (Re)considering transsexual subjects in lesbian communities

Journal of Lesbian Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 17-41

  Coogan, Kelly ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bodily materiality and biology; Brandon Teena; Butch FTM Border Wars; Feminist theory; Gender transitioning; Linguistic performativity; Queer theory; Sex transitioning; Sexed ontology; Theatrical performativity; Transgender and feminism; Transsexualism and feminism; Transsexualism and lesbian theory; Transvestitism and feminist theory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FEMINISM; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; NOMENCLATURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FEMINISM; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; TERMINOLOGY; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 84906391590     PISSN: 10894160     EISSN: 15403548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J155v10n01_02     Document Type: Article

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