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Disciplining Gender: Rhetorics of Sex Identity in Contemporary U.S. Culture
John M. SloopThe five cases include John/Joan or David Reimer, Brandon Teena, k.d. lang, Janet Reno, and Barry Winchell/Calpernia Addams. Sloop draws on queer theory and research in the field of critical rhetoric to examine representations of "gender trouble" in these much-publicized stories. In each case, he provides a comprehensive analysis of the public discussions of their significance. In highlighting the ideological constraints imposed by our society, Sloop also suggests the ways that these constraints might be loosened and understandings of gender and sexuality diversified.
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Title Page
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Copyright Page
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Table of Contents
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Acknowledgments
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INTRODUCTION: Critical Rhetoric, Public Argument, and Gender Trouble
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ONE: Remembering David Reimer Heteronormativity and Public Argument in the John/Joan Case
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TWO: Disciplining the Transgendered Brandon Teena, Public Representation, and Normativity
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THREE: “So Long Chaps and Spurs, and Howdy—er, Bon Jour—to the Wounded Songbird”
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FOUR: The Disciplining of Female Masculinity
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FIVE: In Death, a Secret “Finally and Fully Exposed”
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CONCLUSION: Bringing It All Back Home
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NOTES
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WORKS CITED
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INDEX