A Possible Cripistemology of the Queer: Modes of Dismantling “Ability” and “Heterosexuality” in Transgender Autobiographies
Based on A. Revathi’s The Truth About Me: A Hijra Life-Story (2010) and Kate Bornstein’s A Queer and Pleasant Danger (2012), the paper explores the possible connections that arise between the two autobiographies while articulating the similar praxis of living beyond gender norms, though in very dist...
Main Authors: | Oindri Roy, Amith Kumar P.V. |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Ośrodek Studiów Amerykańskich Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
2016-09-01
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Series: | InterAlia |
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