Kennedy, Natacha;
(2019)
Young Trans People: The Sociology of Identity and Language, Epiphany, Existential Learning, Authenticity, and the Recontextualisation and Mythologisation of Gender.
Doctoral thesis (Ph.D), UCL (University College London).
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Abstract
Given the current media attention and political action directed against trans people in general, and young trans people in particular by a range of different groups, it is hard to see how this thesis will not have an impact. The News International Media Empire including The Sun, Fox News and The Times, groups of individuals characterizing themselves as ‘radical feminists’, extreme right-wing ‘Christian’ evangelical groups, alt-right politicians, neo-Nazis, His Holiness The Pope, a range of B-list celebrities and some politicians up to and including the President of The United States, have all engaged in activities intended to harm transgender people. Most of the harm caused to trans people by these groups is caused by the distribution and publicising of false information about trans people, as well as scare stories that monster us and Other us. This thesis presents research that undermines a good deal of that false information but also analyses the cultural processes that cause the oppression, delegitimization, exclusion and erasure of young trans people. In that sense this study can be regarded as a first to study these exclusionary processes on a wider scale, and in contrast with the vast majority of published research about trans people, focuses in the oppressive processes rather than problematizing those who are oppressed by them. To that extent this thesis can be regarded as different from much antecedent scholarship and can be regarded as an attempt to open a conversation about this culture as opposed to objectifying (young) trans people as the problem. It is intended that elements of this study will be employed to help secure human rights for trans people around the globe and to analyse, categorize and expose the activities of oppressive anti-trans processes, groups and individuals.
| Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
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| Qualification: | Ph.D |
| Title: | Young Trans People: The Sociology of Identity and Language, Epiphany, Existential Learning, Authenticity, and the Recontextualisation and Mythologisation of Gender |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © The Author 2019. Original content in this thesis is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Any third-party copyright material present remains the property of its respective owner(s) and is licensed under its existing terms. Access may initially be restricted at the author’s request. |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Culture, Communication and Media |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10082481 |
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