Feminist Solidarity after Queer Theory: The Case of Transgender

@article{Heyes2003FeministSA,
  title={Feminist Solidarity after Queer Theory: The Case of Transgender},
  author={Cressida J Heyes},
  journal={Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society},
  year={2003},
  volume={28},
  pages={1093 - 1120}
}
  • Cressida J Heyes
  • Published 2003
  • Sociology
  • Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society
Dans cet article, l'A se penche sur les visions feministes de la transsexualite. L'A reviste ici differents points de vue theoriques feministes concernant la construction socio-politique de l'identite heterosexuelle et homosexuelle feminine, ainsi que la definition de la transsexualite a travers l'identite de genre. L'A decrit ses experiences et ses motivations a propos de la transsexualite et de la bisexualite feminine, et analyse les points de vues feministes de ces dernieres annees 
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