New Books in LGBTQ+ Studies

Susan Stryker and Dylan McCarthy Blackston, "The Transgender Studies Reader Remix" (Routledge, 2022)

Apr 24, 2023

Susan Stryker and Dylan McCarthy Blackston discuss 'The Transgender Studies Reader Remix', showcasing 50 articles spanning transgender studies' evolution and intersection with feminist and queer theories. They highlight non-binary thinking, black feminist traditions, emotional depth, and speculate on the future of transgender studies amidst political challenges.

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Dylan McCarthy Blackston

Susan Stryker

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The Transgender Studies Reader Remix showcases the interdisciplinary nature of transgender studies, linking history with current directions and numerous academic fields.

Transgender studies emphasize the transformative power of redefining bodies and challenging fixed categories, suggesting a future of interdisciplinary activism and societal change.

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Importance of Engaging in Transgender Studies

Transgender Studies Reader Remix delves into the interdisciplinary field of transgender studies, showcasing 50 articles that track its history and current directions. The conversations within transgender studies and its intersections with feminist theory, queer theory, black studies, history, and more are highlighted. The editors emphasize the importance of transgender studies as a field, emphasizing its range and critical issues.

Introduction

3min

Evolution and Impact of Transgender Studies Reader

34min

Exploring Non-Binary Thinking and Historical Context in Transgender Studies

5min

Exploring Trans Studies at the Intersection of Black Feminisms and Black Studies

8min

Exploration of Transgender Emotions and Passing the Torch to the Youth

2min

Speculating the Future of Transgender Studies Readers

6min

Hello, this is Eric LeMay, a host on the New Books Network. Today I interview Susan Stryker and Dylan McCarthy Blackston about The Transgender Studies Reader Remix (Routledge, 2023). This is a book that’s as big as it is rich. It brings together 50 previously published articles that track both the history and the current directions in the interdisciplinary field of transgender studies. The reader shows the conversations taking place not only within transgender studies but also between transgender studies and such fields as feminist theory, queer theory, Black studies, history, biopolitics, and the posthumanities. In our conversation, editors Stryker and Blackston gives us a sense of this range and also the crucial issues that inform the creation of the reader itself and the importance of transgender studies as a field. Blackston is an Assistant Professor of Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies at Appalachian State University. Stryker is Professor Emerita of Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Arizona, founding co-editor of TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly, founding co-editor of Duke University Press’s ASTERISK book series, and co-editor of Routledge’s two previous transgender studies readers. And here’s our conversation.

Eric LeMay is on the creative writing faculty at Ohio University. He is the author of five books, most recently Remember Me. He can be reached at eric@ericlemay.org.

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