{"product_id":"challenging-lesbian-norms-intersex-transgender-intersectional-and-queer-perspectives-9781560236443","title":"Challenging Lesbian Norms: Intersex, Transgender,","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat constitutes lesbian identity?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe term homonormativity describes current prevailing idealized assumptions about lesbian identity. This concept, however, marginalizes subgroups within the greater lesbian population. Challenging Lesbian Norms: Intersex, Transgender, Intersectional, and Queer Perspectives dynamically confronts homonormativity in lesbian communities by presenting expert multidisciplinary discussion about what is a definable lesbian identity. This text sensitively explores difficult issues about gender policing and the viewpoints in lesbian communities that hold that transgender, intersectional, and queer individuals are considered to have 'false consciousness.' Consequences of lesbian normativity, both for lesbian communities and for marginalized groups are examined through literary criticism, lesbian, feminist, and queer theories, corporeal philosophy, film, television, cultural criticism, personal narratives, public health, and field research.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe issue of the authenticity of lesbian identity causes rifts between some lesbian communities and the groups that strive to be included, yet are still marginalized. Challenging Lesbian Norms directly exposes practices and beliefs within lesbian communities that lead to the assumption of the prototypical lesbian. The book courageously reveals the similarities of lesbian normative stances with other views such as Christian conservative rhetoric, and reviews the health consequences of being marginalized within the lesbian communities. This text actively challenges the foundational notion within lesbian communities that a stable, immutable lesbian sex exists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTopics in Challenging Lesbian Norms include:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e human physiology, the flexibility of sexuality, and biologic determinism\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e marginalization within lesbian communities\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e transexualism and Lesbian Theory\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e gender and sexual identity construction, partnering practices, and issues involving queer-identified youth\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e demystification of the gay vibe from a femme queer woman’s perspective\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e lesbian feminism, gender policing, and casting butch, FTM, and transgendered subjectivities as false conciousness\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e representations of lesbians in television movies\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Native-American two-spirit women\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e teaching transgender, and its transformative effect\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e identity modeling\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e inclusion of transgender and intersex individuals within the lesbian communities\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e transgender characters in film\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Latina lesbians and mental health\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eChallenging Lesbian Norms is stimulating, eye-opening reading that is perfect for activists, educators and students in LGBT and women’s studies, and public health professionals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Introduction: Challenging Lesbian Normativity (Angela Pattatucci-Aragón)\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Fleshy Specificity: (Re)considering Transsexual Subjects in Lesbian Communities (Kelly Coogan)\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Invisible Body of Queer Youth: Identity and Health in the Margins of Lesbian and Trans Communities (Dorinda L. Welle, Sebastian S. Fuller, Daniel Mauk, and Michael C. Clatts)\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Gee, I Didn’t Get That Vibe from You Articulating My Own Version of a Femme Lesbian Existence (Robbin VanNewkirk)\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Gender Please, Without the Gender Police: Rethinking Pain in Archetypical Narratives of Butch, Transgender, and FTM Masculinity (Madelyn Detloff)\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Household Remedies: New Narratives of Queer Containment in the Television Movie (Cait Keegan)\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e My Spirit in My Heart: Identity Experiences and Challenges Among American Indian Two-Spirit Women (Karina L. Walters, Teresa Evans-Campbell, Jane M. Simoni, Theresa Ronquillo, and Rupaleem Bhuyan)\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Teaching Transgender in Women’s Studies: Snarls and Strategies (Sara E. Cooper and Connor James Treba)\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Developing an Identity Model for Transgender and Intersex Inclusion in Lesbian Communities (Christopher Robinson)\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e An \u003ci\u003eOther\u003c\/i\u003e Space: Between and Beyond Lesbian-Normativity and Trans-Normativity (Myfanwy McDonald)\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e In Another Bracket: Trans Acceptance in Lesbian Utopia (Jamie Stuart)\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Debating Trans Inclusion in the Feminist Movement: A Trans-Positive Analysis (Eli R. Green)\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e I Don’t Know Who I Am: Severely Mentally Ill Latina WSW Navigating Differentness (Sana Loue and Nancy Méndez)\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Reference Notes Included\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51020074090839,"sku":"9781560236443","price":156.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781560236443.jpg?v=1750782308","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/challenging-lesbian-norms-intersex-transgender-intersectional-and-queer-perspectives-9781560236443","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}