Nuance and normativity in trans linguistic research
Autor: | Lex Konnelly |
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Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
050101 languages & linguistics
Linguistics and Language Field (Bourdieu) 05 social sciences Language and Linguistics Trans people Linguistics Gender Studies 050903 gender studies Anthropology Survival strategy Queer Normative 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Narrative Sociology 0509 other social sciences Elaboration Transphobia |
Zdroj: | Journal of Language and Sexuality. 10:71-82 |
ISSN: | 2211-3789 2211-3770 |
Popis: | Whilenormativityhas been central to queer linguistic research, the emergent field of trans linguistics provides opportunities for greater nuance and elaboration on the concept. Drawing from interviews with non-binary people documenting their narratives of doctor-patient visits, I present a series of recounted interactional moments where what might be considered ‘normative’ is in fact a survival strategy, highlighting how we might view certain invocations of the transnormative (Johnson 2016) in more complicated ways. Notions ofnormativityandauthenticity, which are too often weaponized against trans people as a means to measure their ‘success’ in approximating cisheteronormative ideals, are not easily transported from queer linguistics to trans linguistics. As concepts imbricated with a history of violence for trans people, they must be treated with care and responsibility, as part of an active devotion to dismantling transphobia. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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