Third Wave Feminism and Transgender - 9780367355098

Taylor & Francis

Third Wave Feminism and TransgenderStrength through Diversity\nAuthor(s): Edward Davies\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367355098, 978-0367355098\nSynopsis\nFeminism and transgender, as social factions or collective subjectivities, have historically evaded, vilified or negated each others philosophy and subjectivities. In particular, separatist feminist theorists have portrayed the two sides as consisting of mutually incompatible aims and subjectivities. These portrayals have worked to the detriment of both feminism and transgender. \n\nThird Wave Feminism and Transgender considers what positive outcomes on society in general, and the law as it pertains to gender in particular, may emerge from the identification of and cooperation between third wave feminism and transgender. Challenging the internecine exclusion between and within each faction, Davies shows that queer-inspired philosophical third wave feminism .