What's Transgressive about Trans* Studies in Education Now?

ISBN-13: 9780367589264 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 116 str.

Z. Nicolazzo

Opis

In this special issue, authors work to push the boundaries of what is understood to be the queer theoretical canon, foregrounding recent scholarship in the field of higher education doing transgender-related research. This book was originally published as a special issue of International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education.

Spis treści

Introduction: what’s transgressive about trans* studies in education now?  1. Changing the frame: queering access to higher education for trans* students  2. Resisting coherence: trans men’s experiences and the use of grounded theory methods  3. Trans*forming college masculinities: carving out trans*masculine pathways through the threshold of dominance   4. A thousand words are worth a picture: a snapshot of trans* postsecondary educators in higher education   5. Trans*versing the DMZ: a non-binary autoethnographic exploration of gender and masculinity  6. An exploration of trans* kinship as a strategy for student success  7. Trans* movement/trans* moment: an afterword

O autorze

Z Nicolazzo is an assistant professor in the Adult and Higher Education program, and a faculty associate in the Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, both at Northern Illinois University, USA. Dr. Nicolazzo’s research focuses on mapping gender across college contexts, with a particular emphasis on affirmative and resilience-based research alongside trans* students. Dr. Nicolazzo’s first book, Trans* in College: Transgender Students’ Strategies for Navigating Campus Life and the Institutional Politics of Inclusion, details an 18-month critical collaborative ethnography with trans* collegians.