Negotiating the Borders of the Gender Regime

Developments and Debates on Trans(sexuality) in the Federal Republic of Germany

• Author(s): Adrian de Silva,
• Publisher: transcript Verlag
• Pages: 436
• ISBN_10: 3839444411
  ISBN_13: 9783839444412
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / Gender Studies , History / Europe / Germany , History / Modern / 20th Century / General , History / Social History , Law / General , Medical / General , Political Science / General , Political Science / Civics & Citizenship , Political Science / History & Theory , Political Science / Political Process / General , Political Science / Public Policy / General , Political Science / Human Rights , Social Science / General , Social Science / LGBTQ+ Studies / Gay Studies , Social Science / Popular Culture , Social Science / Sociology / General , Social Science / Violence in Society , Social Science / Disease & Health Issues , History / General , History / Europe / General , Social Science / LGBTQ+ Studies / Lesbian Studies , Political Science / Political Process / Political Advocacy ,

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While social change regarding trans(sexuality) has evolved within an expanding nexus of concepts, practices, regulations and institutions, this process has barely been analysed systematically. Against the background of legislative processes on gender recognition in a society shaped by heteronormative hegemony, Adrian de Silva traces how sexology, the law, federal politics and the trans movement interacted to generate or challenge concepts of trans(sexuality) from the mid-1960s to 2014 in the Federal Republic of Germany. The interdisciplinary study draws upon and contributes to debates in (trans)gender and queer studies, political science, sociology of law, sexology and the social movement.