Some Critical Reflections on the Transgender Theory of Kate Bornstein

Authors

  • Patricia Elliot Wilfrid Laurier University

Keywords:

Gender identity, Transexualism, Transgender theory

Abstract

This article critically engages aspects of Kate Bornstein's transgender theory as found in Gender Outlaw. Drawing on recent work in Lacanian psychoanalysis, and on insights from Bornstein's account, I pose questions about the ways in which sex, gender, desire, and subjectivity are theorized.

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Published

1998-10-01

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 1 (1998): Special Issue: Sexualities and Feminism

Section

Original Research

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