The underlying theme of the 19 articles is that the study of how bisexuality and transgenderism can inform and challenge larger cultural understandings of sexuality and gender. Contributors in a wide range of fields, but more than not involved in literature in an academic context, look at concerns in common, personal and theoretical identity format

Exploring the common ground and important differences between bisexuality and transgenderism, this volume combines work by scholars and activists, and includes interviews with four male-to-female transsexuals.

This collection presents bisexuality and queer theory as two parallel thought collectives that have made significant contributions to cultural discourses about sexual and amorous practices.

According to David Halperin, sexuality in our time is typified by a crisis in contemporary sexual definition. What is sexuality? What does it mean to have a sexual identity or orientation? What is the relationship between sexuality as a knowledge construct, on one hand, and the often messy flows of desire and practices of love, on the other? How and why are some sexual, erotic, and intimate practices normalized and others marginalized? Queer Theory has emerged in the West as one of the most provocative analytical tools in the humanities and social sciences. It scrutinizes identity and social...