Multiplicity and Contradiction: A Literature Review of Trans* Studies in Religion

As trans* studies gains traction in gender and feminist studies, it has also begun to inflect the academic study of religion. This essay serves as a literature review of trans* studies in religion to date, beginning with a brief overview of trans* studies' nascence. Kelly then focuses on five m...

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Published in:Journal of feminist studies in religion
Main Author: Kelly, Siobhan M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Indiana University Press [2018]
In: Journal of feminist studies in religion
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Transgender / Gender studies / Science of Religion
RelBib Classification:AA Study of religion
ZA Social sciences
Further subjects:B Literature report
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Summary:As trans* studies gains traction in gender and feminist studies, it has also begun to inflect the academic study of religion. This essay serves as a literature review of trans* studies in religion to date, beginning with a brief overview of trans* studies' nascence. Kelly then focuses on five main areas of trans* studies in religion: biographical study, autotheoretical analysis, critiques of cultural imperialism's impact on gender, work on intersex, and gender theory and its applications. The author encounters multiple texts within each subsection, giving a breadth of the work available, alongside questions of where each could go next, as well as potential pitfalls that come from such an approach. Kelly ends with a pitch for trans* studies in religion to pay close attention to multiplicity and contradiction, notions by no means new to the study of religion more broadly.
ISSN:1553-3913
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of feminist studies in religion