Becoming a Woman

Simone de Beauvoir and the Politics of Trans Existence
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-5095-6199-5
Verlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 144 Seiten, Format (B × H): 135 mm x 213 mm, Gewicht: 192 g

This highly engaging analysis of the contemporary global social and political landscape of trans antagonisms draws specific attention to gender-critical mobilizations of Simone de Beauvoir's account of becoming a woman in The Second Sex to advance and justify trans-exclusionary positions. Through a careful examination and application of Beauvoir's philosophical and political commitments, Becoming a Woman compellingly explores the significance of her notion of becoming not only as affirmative of trans women, but also as an ethical demand to affirm trans possibilities.

More than a reply to gender-critical readings of Beauvoir, this book develops an original, Beauvoirian ethics of gender affirmation that shows why we ought to challenge trans exclusion and anti-trans movements.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Burke, Megan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies: Homosexualität, LGBTQ+

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Trans Antagonisms and Beauvoir

Chapter One: Becoming a Woman

Chapter Two: On Females and Women

Chapter Three: An Ethics of Gender Affirmation

Conclusion: Bad Faith and Feminism

Glossary

References

Über Autor(innen)

Megan Burke is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Sonoma State University and the author of When Time Warps.