Trans Aesthetics and Similes of Oppression

IF 1.8 Q2 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY
Shaedyn Miller
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Abstract

Because we live in a cisnormative society, trans inclusion is often filtered through cis subjectivities, allowing real or potential allies to “make sense” of transness without decentering their own experiences. This article investigates these dynamics through analysis of “trans aesthetics”—the symbols, language, and cultural meanings stereotypically associated with transness—when used by cisgender queer college students to signal trans-inclusive investments and forge solidarity with trans peers. This study examines three deployments of trans aesthetics: 1) using queer to signal trans-inclusive identities and community, 2) routinizing pronoun introductions, and 3) formulating “similes of oppression” that link trans and cisgender queer people's experiences of heterosexism. While potentiating opportunities for trans solidarity and inclusion, these practices simultaneously reinscribe cisnormative understandings and articulations of gender by empowering cisgender students to filter transness through their own lenses, and to construct hybrid cis subjectivities in the process. Ultimately, this research extends trans and critical allyship studies through empirical analysis of how cisnormativity infuses ostensibly trans-inclusive discourses.
跨美学与压迫的明喻
因为我们生活在一个顺性规范的社会中,跨性别包容通常是通过顺性主体性过滤的,允许真正的或潜在的盟友在不偏离自己经历的情况下“理解”跨性别。本文通过分析“跨性别美学”(与跨性别相关的符号、语言和文化意义)来研究这些动态,当顺性酷儿大学生使用“跨性别美学”来表明跨性别包容性投资并与跨性别同龄人建立团结时。本研究考察了跨性别美学的三种部署:1)使用酷儿来表示跨性别包容的身份和社区,2)将代词引入常规化,以及3)形成“压迫的比喻”,将跨性别和顺性酷儿人群对异性恋的经历联系起来。在增强跨性别团结和包容的机会的同时,这些实践同时通过赋予顺性学生通过自己的镜头过滤跨性别,并在此过程中构建混合的顺性主体性,重新定义了对性别的顺性规范理解和表达。最后,本研究通过对顺规范性如何注入表面上的跨包容性话语的实证分析,扩展了跨和批判性盟友关系的研究。
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TSQ-Transgender Studies Quarterly
TSQ-Transgender Studies Quarterly SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY-
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1.90
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28.60%
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