What role do narratives play in identity construction? How have authors established and contested tropes that society associates with “transgender identity”? What do trans stories have to tell us not only about trans experience, but about human experience and society more broadly? We will explore these questions through a variety of sources created primarily by trans, non-binary, and gender-variant people, including fiction (novels, short stories), non-fiction (historical texts, autobiographies), and academic research articles. Topics include the representation of trans lives (including but not limited to gender transition), the politics of memorialization, and the decolonization of Western conceptions of gender.
- Profesor: Blase Provitola