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OverviewIn The Terrible We Cameron Awkward-Rich thinks with the bad feelings and mad habits of thought that persist in both transphobic discourse and trans cultural production. Observing that trans studies was founded on a split from and disavowal of madness, illness, and disability, Awkward-Rich argues for and models a trans criticism that works against this disavowal. By tracing the coproduction of the categories of disabled and transgender in the United States at the turn of the twentieth century and analyzing transmasculine literature and theory by Eli Clare, Elliott DeLine, Dylan Scholinski, and others, Awkward-Rich suggests that thinking with maladjustment might provide new perspectives on the impasses arising from the conflicted relationships among trans, feminist, and queer. In so doing, he demonstrates that rather than only impeding or confining trans life, thought, and creativity, forms of maladjustment have also been and will continue to be central to their development. Duke University Press Scholars of Color First Book Award recipient Full Product DetailsAuthor: Cameron Awkward-RichPublisher: Duke University Press Imprint: Duke University Press Weight: 0.431kg ISBN: 9781478016052ISBN 10: 1478016051 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 04 November 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPreface/Acknowledgments vii Introduction: On Staying with the Terrible We 1 1. Disabled Histories of Trans 31 Holding Space 61 2. Trans, Feminism: Or, Reading Like a Depressed Transsexual 67 3. Some Dissociative Trans Masc Poetics 89 4. We's Company 117 Afterword/Elegy 143 Notes 151 Bibliography 171 Index 187Reviews“The Terrible We serves as an important guide for those interested in new ways of viewing trans life in both its positive and negative aspects and those wanting to use everyday archives in a method that is more interested in fractures and gaps rather than acceptance and completion.” -- Jacob Debrock * TSQ * Author InformationCameron Awkward-Rich is Assistant Professor of Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and author of Dispatch and Sympathetic Little Monster. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |