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'This is like seeing a human body totally from a different angle' : experiences of South African cisgender partners in cisgender-trans* relationships
To date, the knowledge available about cisgender-trans* couples and their experiences is located in the global North. Research situated in the interest of trans*, transgender and transsexual people's lives most often furthers scholars' understanding of gender. In my research, I employed strategies t...
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| author | Theron, Liesl |
| author2 | Bennett, Jane |
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| description | To date, the knowledge available about cisgender-trans* couples and their experiences is located in the global North. Research situated in the interest of trans*, transgender and transsexual people's lives most often furthers scholars' understanding of gender. In my research, I employed strategies to look at the experiences of the cisgender partners of masculine identifying trans* persons, in order to learn more about gender Post-apartheid South Africa is a country that is vibrant with discussions in mainstream platforms about contemporary political and socio-economic matters, regularly framed in sexist approaches with clear patriarchal messages. How and where does the trans* masculine person find role models and what is that impact on the cisgender-trans* relationship? Bringing together literature from the global North and South Africa, I formed a theoretical framework that served as the context to support my research. As a feminist, I employ both feminist theory and transgender theory in my qualitative study. I interviewed fourteen cisgender partners of masculine identifying trans* persons. From the rich data, five themes emerged and were analysed through a content analysis approach. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/13926 'This is like seeing a human body totally from a different angle' : experiences of South African cisgender partners in cisgender-trans* relationships Theron, Liesl Bennett, Jane African Gender Studies To date, the knowledge available about cisgender-trans* couples and their experiences is located in the global North. Research situated in the interest of trans*, transgender and transsexual people's lives most often furthers scholars' understanding of gender. In my research, I employed strategies to look at the experiences of the cisgender partners of masculine identifying trans* persons, in order to learn more about gender Post-apartheid South Africa is a country that is vibrant with discussions in mainstream platforms about contemporary political and socio-economic matters, regularly framed in sexist approaches with clear patriarchal messages. How and where does the trans* masculine person find role models and what is that impact on the cisgender-trans* relationship? Bringing together literature from the global North and South Africa, I formed a theoretical framework that served as the context to support my research. As a feminist, I employ both feminist theory and transgender theory in my qualitative study. I interviewed fourteen cisgender partners of masculine identifying trans* persons. From the rich data, five themes emerged and were analysed through a content analysis approach. 2015-09-15T10:07:33Z 2015-09-15T10:07:33Z 2013 Master Thesis Masters MSocSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13926 eng application/pdf Gender Studies Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | African Gender Studies Theron, Liesl 'This is like seeing a human body totally from a different angle' : experiences of South African cisgender partners in cisgender-trans* relationships |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | 'This is like seeing a human body totally from a different angle' : experiences of South African cisgender partners in cisgender-trans* relationships |
| title_full | 'This is like seeing a human body totally from a different angle' : experiences of South African cisgender partners in cisgender-trans* relationships |
| title_fullStr | 'This is like seeing a human body totally from a different angle' : experiences of South African cisgender partners in cisgender-trans* relationships |
| title_full_unstemmed | 'This is like seeing a human body totally from a different angle' : experiences of South African cisgender partners in cisgender-trans* relationships |
| title_short | 'This is like seeing a human body totally from a different angle' : experiences of South African cisgender partners in cisgender-trans* relationships |
| title_sort | this is like seeing a human body totally from a different angle experiences of south african cisgender partners in cisgender trans relationships |
| topic | African Gender Studies |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13926 |
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