The Emergence of Trans: Cultures, Politics and Everyday Lives

by Ruth Pearce (Editor), Igi Moon (Editor), Kat Gupta (Editor)

This book represents the vanguard of new work in the rapidly growing arena of Trans Studies. Thematically organised, it brings together studies from an international, cross-disciplinary range of contributors to address a range of questions pertinent to the emergence of trans lives and discourses. Examining the ways in which the emergence of trans challenges, develops and extends understandings of gender and reconfigures everyday lives, it asks how trans lives and discourses articulate and contest with issues of rights, education and popular common-sense. With attention to the question of how trans has shaped and been shaped by new modes of social action and networking, The Emergence of Trans also explores what the proliferation of trans representation across multiple media forms and public discourse suggests about the wider cultural moment, and considers the challenges presented for health care, social policy, gender and sexuality theory, and everyday articulations of identity. As such, it will appeal to scholars and students of gender and sexuality studies, as well as activists, professionals and individuals interested in trans lives and discourses.

210 pages, Paperback

Published July 16, 2019

About the author

Ruth Pearce is President and founder of Project Motivator (ALLE LLC) offering project leadership services and training and coaching for project managers. She is a Certified Coach Trainer.
With 25 years of project and program management experience in financial services, state government and non-profits, working with teams across the globe, her focus is developing skills in human factors enabling leaders to build empowered and engaged teams that deliver.
Using character strengths and positive psychology, she helps project leaders and their teams feel better about work. They find their purpose. She is the author of Be A Project Motivator: Unlock the Secrets of Strengths Based Project Management .
Ruth speaks about social intelligence, character strengths and mindfulness to audiences worldwide, online and in person. She has spoken at two live global PMI events as well as many PMI Chapter meetings and webinars. She also contributes to PMWorld360, Forbes magazine. Her webinars on the project management platform ProjectManagement.com have received over 13,000 views to date. She has been a guest on numerous podcasts and was interviewed by Dr Ryan Niemiec, Director of Education for the VIA Institute on Character.
Her motto is Be hopeful; Be strong; Be brave; Be Curious