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1524-0657

Accession Number:

18314451

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This article comments on an article about transmasculine identities. The notion of gendered identity as a project undertaken in the company of and solidarity with like others is a familiar legacy from feminism. To assert that transmasculinity hinges on self-interpretation, individual and self-reflexive acts of identification, is not yet to address how these identifications might be materialized or become visible in the world or what nexus of relations underlies those materializations and visibilities.

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Vol. 6 Issue 3, p265-275 11p

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0091-8369

Accession Number:

13100677

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Our editorial introduction to this volume on drag queens highlights what we believe are some of the most prominent and important themes of female impersonation in the past and today. Building on contributors' articles, a substantial body of literature on female impersonators/drag queens and the social construction of gender, and our own extensive ethnographic experiences in a multitude of drag settings, we first suggest that such individuals can be seen as symbolic representatives of the cultural ideals associated with the feminine and women and how they have changed over time. We next argue that the notion of the effeminate drag queen is more a myth than a reality with the contextual benefits many performers receive--status and power--being indicative of the hegemony of masculinity in male-dominated societies. We next explore how additional social identities, such as race, class, nation, and religion, often impact drag performances and how others interpret them. We end our introduction by offering a model that delineates what are some of the present transgressive limits and subversive possibilities of female impersonation.

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Vol. 46 Issue 3/4, p1-17 17p

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0091-8369

Accession Number:

11553431

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The author of this essay contends that, from both professorial and activist perspectives, queer theory should be interrogated to reveal the contributions it can make to understanding political communication relating to legal and civic issues affecting sexual minorities. Such understanding is critical to public advocacy advancing protection of homosexual individuals and groups. Queer theory raises difficult definitional problems, however. The author focuses on queer theory as a set of ideas loosely labeled postmodern or post-structuralist, originally applied in particular ways to gender and, more recently, to sexuality. The author observes that important benefits to gay politics have accrued as a result of queer theory. Yet because of its recent academic high profile, queer theory has been subjected to extensive criticism. It is suggested that there is strong need to translate central ideas of queer theory into a language which can be understood by intelligent and experienced people outside the academy.

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Vol. 45 Issue 2-4, p345-348 4p