Redoing Gender

How Nonbinary Gender Contributes Toward Social Change

Spannendes Buch mit vielen Auszügen aus Interviews mit 47 nicht-binären Menschen darüber, wie sie erkannt haben, dass sie nicht-binär sind, über ihre körperliche und soziale Transition, Coming-Outs und Diskriminierung in der binärgeschlechtlichen Gesellschaft. Die Interviews und die Analyse wurde für eine Dissertation gemacht, das hier vorliegende Buch dann sehr gut verständlich für Nicht-Akademiker*innen aufbereitet. Vier Jahre nach den Interviews wurden die nicht-binären Personen außerdem befragt, inwieweit es in ihrem Leben seit den Interviews Veränderungen gab und ob sich gesellschaftlich für sie etwas verändert hatte. Verlagsbeschreibung:

Redoing Gender demonstrates how difficult it is to be anything other than a man or a woman in a society that selectively acknowledges those two genders. Gender nonbinary people—who identify as other genders besides simply “man” or “woman”—have begun to disrupt this binary system, but the limited progress they have made has required significant everyday labor. Through interviews with 47 nonbinary people, this book offers rich description of these forms of labor, including “rethinking sex and gender,” “resignifying gender,” “redoing relationships,” and “resisting erasure.” The final chapter interrogates the lasting impact of this labor through follow-up interviews with participants four years later. Although nonbinary people are finally managing to achieve some recognition, it is clear that this change has not happened without a fight that continues to this day.

The diverse experiences of nonbinary people in this book will help cisgender people relate to gender minorities with more compassion, and may also appeal to those questioning their own gender. This text will also be of keen interest to academics across Sociology and Gender Studies.

• Centers the voices and experiences of a diverse range of nonbinary individuals
• Rooted in sociological empirical research, but written in a clearly accessible language for the general reader
• Offers a new paradigm for understanding gender as a whole, as well as society’s relationship to and experience of it

Table of Contents: Front Matter (Pages i-xv) Introduction (Pages 1-14) Reconsidering the “Gender Revolution” (Pages 15-25) Rethinking Sex and Gender (Pages 27-49) Resignifying Gender (Pages 51-78) Redoing Relationships (Pages 79-95) Resisting Erasure (Pages 97-109) Regression and Progress (Pages 111-125) Conclusion (Pages 127-137) Back Matter (Pages 139-157)