Through extensive interviews and focus groups with cisgender-heterosexual men and cisgender-lesbian, bisexual, and queer women, Thinking Cis examines how cisgender people make sense of gender, attractions to transgender women, and the murders of Black trans women. It also analyzes how the social construction of cisness shapes how we think about race, gender, sexuality and who we consider worthy of living. alithia zamantakis pushes readers to rethink prominent understandings of anti-trans violence and in doing so, argues that it is not simply transphobia that gives rise to murders of trans women but a fear and hatred for what it means to love and desire transgender women.
Through extensive interviews and focus groups with cisgender-heterosexual men and cisgender-lesbian, bisexual, and queer women, Thinking Cis examines how cisgender people make sense of gender, attractions to transgender women, and the murders of Black trans women. It also analyzes how the social construction of cisness shapes how we think about race, gender, sexuality and who we consider worthy of living. alithia zamantakis pushes readers to rethink prominent understandings of anti-trans violence and in doing so, argues that it is not simply transphobia that gives rise to murders of trans women but a fear and hatred for what it means to love and desire transgender women.

Thinking Cis: Cisgender, Heterosexual Men, and Queer Women's Roles in Anti-Trans Violence
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Thinking Cis: Cisgender, Heterosexual Men, and Queer Women's Roles in Anti-Trans Violence
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ISBN-13: | 9781538177624 |
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Publisher: | Bloomsbury Academic |
Publication date: | 11/28/2023 |
Pages: | 224 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.62(d) |