{"product_id":"sex-in-transition-remaking-gender-and-race-in-south-africa-9781438444062","title":"Sex in Transition: Remaking Gender and Race in South Africa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArgues that South Africa's apartheid system of racial segregation relied on an unexamined but interrelated system of sexed oppression that was at once both rigid and flexible.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHonorable Mention, 2013 Ruth Benedict Book Prize presented by the Association for Queer Anthropology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHonorable Mention, 2014 Distinguished Book Award presented by the Section on Sexualities of the American Sociological Association\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2013 Sylvia Rivera Award in Transgender Studies presented by the Center for Gay and Lesbian Studies \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSex in Transition\u003c\/i\u003e explores the lives of those who undermine the man\/woman binary, exposing the gendered contradictions of apartheid and the transition to democracy in South Africa. In this context, gender liminality-a way to describe spaces between common conceptions of \"man\" and \"woman\"-is expressed by South Africans who identify as transgender, transsexual, transvestite, intersex, lesbian, gay, and\/or eschew these categories altogether. This book is the first academic exploration of challenges to the man\/woman binary on the African continent and brings together gender, queer, and postcolonial studies to question the stability of sex. It examines issues including why transsexuals' sex transitions were encouraged under apartheid and illegal during the political transition to democracy and how butch lesbians and drag queens in urban townships reshape race and gender. Sex in Transition challenges the dominance of theoretical frameworks based in the global North, drawing on fifteen years of research in South Africa to define the parameters of a new transnational transgender and sexuality studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amanda Lock Swarr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/20\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438444062\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmanda Lock Swarr \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Washington, Seattle. She is the coeditor (with Richa Nagar) of \u003ci\u003eCritical Transnational Feminist Praxis\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by SUNY Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44614946979955,"sku":"9781438444062","price":58.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_877b2138-53ec-48b9-9f79-eeb32a6f1f26.jpg?v=1775149832","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/sex-in-transition-remaking-gender-and-race-in-south-africa-9781438444062","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}