Understanding actors and processes shaping transgender subjectivities : a case study of Kazakhstan / Zhanar Sekerbayeva.
2022
HQ77.95.K3
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Title
Understanding actors and processes shaping transgender subjectivities : a case study of Kazakhstan / Zhanar Sekerbayeva.
Author
Sekerbayeva, Zhanar, author.
ISBN
9789811945632 (electronic bk.)
9811945632 (electronic bk.)
9789811945625
9811945624
9811945632 (electronic bk.)
9789811945625
9811945624
Published
Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xv, 189 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Item Number
10.1007/978-981-19-4563-2 doi
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HQ77.95.K3
Dewey Decimal Classification
306.768095845
Summary
This book introduces the policies surrounding legal gender recognition of trans people in Kazakhstan. Generally, the research in this sphere focuses on medical professions, described as gatekeepers or judges deciding who fit the prescriptions of being a woman or a man, and on trans people themselves, who are often portrayed as victims. However, this process is more complex than only describing the interaction of these two groups or by labelling them either as gatekeepers or victims. The project provides a critical approach and attempts to expand our understanding of the process, the dynamics and the actors involved. This study will be of interest to scholars of contemporary Kazakhstan, and of feminism and LGBTQ activism more generally. Zhanar Sekerbayeva is a PhD researcher. In her work she aims at expanding the concept of "gender" in the general public discourse through activism by mainstreaming questions of gender identity in the academia. She is a co-founder of Kazakhstan Feminist Initiative "Feminita"
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed January 17, 2023).
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Steppe and beyond, 2524-8367
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Overview of transsexuality as a medical diagnosis
Chapter 3 Contextualizing contemporary global and local transgender issues
Chapter 4 Theorizing transgender subjectivities
Chapter 5 Processes, main actors and narratives employed in shaping transgender subjectivities in Kazakhstan
Chapter 6 Analysis: legal gatekeeping, the activist bubble, the Doctor-Patient-Activist triad and the professionalism approach
Chapter 7 Conclusion. .
Chapter 2 Overview of transsexuality as a medical diagnosis
Chapter 3 Contextualizing contemporary global and local transgender issues
Chapter 4 Theorizing transgender subjectivities
Chapter 5 Processes, main actors and narratives employed in shaping transgender subjectivities in Kazakhstan
Chapter 6 Analysis: legal gatekeeping, the activist bubble, the Doctor-Patient-Activist triad and the professionalism approach
Chapter 7 Conclusion. .