Negotiating the Borders of the Gender Regime: Developments and Debates on Trans(sexuality) in the Federal Republic of Germany

[phd thesis]

Abstract

While social change regarding trans(sexuality) has evolved within an expanding nexus of concepts, practices, regulations and institutions, this process has barely been analysed systematically. Against the background of legislative processes on gender recognition in a society shaped by heteronormativ... view more

While social change regarding trans(sexuality) has evolved within an expanding nexus of concepts, practices, regulations and institutions, this process has barely been analysed systematically. Against the background of legislative processes on gender recognition in a society shaped by heteronormative hegemony, the author traces how sexology, the law, federal politics and the trans movement interacted to generate or challenge concepts of trans(sexuality) from the mid-1960s to 2014 in the Federal Republic of Germany. The interdisciplinary study draws upon and contributes to debates in (trans)gender and queer studies, political science, sociology of law, sexology and the social movement.... view less

Keywords
gender; gender-specific factors; sexuality; intersectionality; social recognition; heterosexuality; normativity; Federal Republic of Germany; legislation; historical development; queer studies; social change; social movement; transsexualism

Classification
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Law

Free Keywords
Body; Cultural Studies; Post-war Germany; Queer Theory; Sexology; Sociology of Law; Trans Movement; Transgender

Document language
English

Publication Year
2018

Publisher
transcript Verlag

City
Bielefeld

Page/Pages
434 p.

Series
Gender Studies

DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839444412

ISBN
978-3-8394-4441-2

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0