ISSN:
0141-9870
Language:
English
Titel der Quelle:
Ethnic and racial studies : ERS
Publ. der Quelle:
London [u.a.] : Routledge
Angaben zur Quelle:
Vol. 40, No. 8 (2017), p. 1312
DDC:
390
Abstract:
At a time when the pace of global change has led to unprecedented shifts in, and unsettling of, identities, Brubaker brings "trans/gender" and "trans/racial" creatively into conversation to theorize the historical location of identity claims and to examine the question of whether identities are optional, self-consciously chosen and subject to political claims rather than biologically pre-given. His main argument is that the distinction between sex and gender allows us to construct gender identity as personal, individual and separate from the (biologically) sexed body. In contrast, other people always have a stake in allowing or challenging identity claims to racial identity. Brubaker's argument is persuasive. However, he treats both race and sex/gender as solipsistic and neglects the wider social context that has produced the conditions of possibility for the entrenched differences he records. An intersectional approach would have deepened his discussion of the place of categories in "trans" arguments.
Note:
Copyright: © 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group 2017
DOI:
10.1080/01419870.2017.1303171
URL:
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01419870.2017.1303171
URL:
https://search.proquest.com/docview/1900934889
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