Allegories of Gender: Transgender Autology versus Transracialism

This article explores how race and gender become distinguished from each other in contemporary scholarly and activist debates on the comparison between transracialism and transgender identities. The article argues that transracial-transgender distinctions often reinforce divides between autological...

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Main Author: Aniruddha Dutta
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Language:English
Published: Mount Saint Vincent University 2018-11-01
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Online Access:https://140.230.24.104/index.php/atlantis/article/view/5430
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description This article explores how race and gender become distinguished from each other in contemporary scholarly and activist debates on the comparison between transracialism and transgender identities. The article argues that transracial-transgender distinctions often reinforce divides between autological (self-determined) and genealogical (inherited) aspects of subjectivity and obscure the constitution of this division through modern technologies of power.
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spelling doaj-art-75a2875b980748cfab24a3fdb3ef32142025-08-20T03:08:47ZengMount Saint Vincent UniversityAtlantis0702-78181715-06982018-11-01392Allegories of Gender: Transgender Autology versus TransracialismAniruddha Dutta0University of IowaThis article explores how race and gender become distinguished from each other in contemporary scholarly and activist debates on the comparison between transracialism and transgender identities. The article argues that transracial-transgender distinctions often reinforce divides between autological (self-determined) and genealogical (inherited) aspects of subjectivity and obscure the constitution of this division through modern technologies of power. https://140.230.24.104/index.php/atlantis/article/view/5430transracialismgender identityautology
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Allegories of Gender: Transgender Autology versus Transracialism
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transracialism
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title Allegories of Gender: Transgender Autology versus Transracialism
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title_full_unstemmed Allegories of Gender: Transgender Autology versus Transracialism
title_short Allegories of Gender: Transgender Autology versus Transracialism
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gender identity
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