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In whose name? a case study of how a small group of gender variant men and women based in Cape Town understand and relate to the terms transgender and transsexual
Using a phenomenological approach and the technique of in-depth interviews, this dissertation investigates how a small sample of gender variant men and women understand, experience, and relate to the terms used to designate them in academic literature and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender/T...
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2014
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| author | Daitz, Emma |
| author2 | Posel, Deborah |
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| description | Using a phenomenological approach and the technique of in-depth interviews, this
dissertation investigates how a small sample of gender variant men and women
understand, experience, and relate to the terms used to designate them in academic
literature and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender/Transsexual (LGBT) activism –
namely, ‘transgender’ and ‘transsexual.’ The relevance of such an investigation lies in,
amongst other things, the fact that the corpus of theory – queer - that is most frequently
applied to in order to theorize the lives of such men and women does not pay adequate
attention to the empirical data on their lived experiences. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/3880 In whose name? a case study of how a small group of gender variant men and women based in Cape Town understand and relate to the terms transgender and transsexual Daitz, Emma Posel, Deborah Using a phenomenological approach and the technique of in-depth interviews, this dissertation investigates how a small sample of gender variant men and women understand, experience, and relate to the terms used to designate them in academic literature and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender/Transsexual (LGBT) activism – namely, ‘transgender’ and ‘transsexual.’ The relevance of such an investigation lies in, amongst other things, the fact that the corpus of theory – queer - that is most frequently applied to in order to theorize the lives of such men and women does not pay adequate attention to the empirical data on their lived experiences. 2014-07-30T04:04:43Z 2014-07-30T04:04:43Z 2013 Master Thesis Masters http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3880 eng application/pdf Department of Sociology Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Daitz, Emma In whose name? a case study of how a small group of gender variant men and women based in Cape Town understand and relate to the terms transgender and transsexual |
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| title | In whose name? a case study of how a small group of gender variant men and women based in Cape Town understand and relate to the terms transgender and transsexual |
| title_full | In whose name? a case study of how a small group of gender variant men and women based in Cape Town understand and relate to the terms transgender and transsexual |
| title_fullStr | In whose name? a case study of how a small group of gender variant men and women based in Cape Town understand and relate to the terms transgender and transsexual |
| title_full_unstemmed | In whose name? a case study of how a small group of gender variant men and women based in Cape Town understand and relate to the terms transgender and transsexual |
| title_short | In whose name? a case study of how a small group of gender variant men and women based in Cape Town understand and relate to the terms transgender and transsexual |
| title_sort | in whose name a case study of how a small group of gender variant men and women based in cape town understand and relate to the terms transgender and transsexual |
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