Transgender and Intersex: Theoretical, Practical, and Artistic Perspectives (eBook)

Stefan Horlacher is Head of Department and Chair of English Literature at Dresden University of Technology, Germany. He holds degrees from Mannheim University, Germany and from the University of Paris IV (Sorbonne), France and has published on English and French literature as well as on Masculinity Studies, Gender Studies, Media Studies, psychoanalysis, and theories of the comic.

1 Introduction: Transgender and Intersex: Theoretical, Practical, and Artistic Perspectives Stefan Horlacher.- 2 Queer Europe: New Normative Values for Global LGBT Law Stephen Whittle and Lewis Turner.- 3 Fear, Loathing and Empty Gestures: UK Legislation on Sport and the Transgender Participant David McArdle.- 4 Intersex and Trans* Communities: Commonalities and Tensions Cary Gabriel Costello.- 5 Transgender and Intersex: Unavoidable Essentialism and the Normative Struggle for Recognition Sebastian Jansen.- 6 Trans*, Intersex, and the Question of Pregnancy: Beyond Repronormative Reproduction Nadyne Stritzke and Elisa Scaramuzza.- 7 Transgender in a Global Frame Jack Halberstam.- 8 INTER*me: An Inter-locution on the Body in Photography Del LaGrace Volcano and Jay Prosser with Eliza Steinbock.- 9 Hermaphrodite’s Voice: Dealing with the Either-Or Attitude in Science, Law and the Arts Michael Groneberg.- 10 On the Intelligibility of Trans* and Intersex Characters in Contemporary British and American Fiction Mirjam M. Frotscher.- 11 Boys Don’t Cry and Tomboy: A Comparative Analysis John Phillips.