TY - JOUR
T1 - The spectre of the tranny
T2 - pedagogical (im)possibilities
AU - Nicolazzo, Z.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Transfemininity marks a site of social upheaval, an encounter that sparks discord. Transfemininity is always otherworldly, posing trans girls and women as figures sought out for capture and eradication. In this manuscript, I elucidate the affective contours of what I describe as the spectre of the tranny, which is a technology of capture and dispossession that seeks to confirm the killability of trans women. Mirroring broader social discourses about transfemininity and trans women, the spectre of the tranny haunts the institution of higher education, shaping pedagogical realities for trans women. In this manuscript, I attend to how the spectre of the tranny attenuates pedagogical (im)possibilities for trans women faculty, particularly those who are pre-tenure and/or in contingent roles. Additionally, I gesture towards how trans(girl) sociality may provide a significant site of momentary resistance from the spectre’s haunting absent-presence.
AB - Transfemininity marks a site of social upheaval, an encounter that sparks discord. Transfemininity is always otherworldly, posing trans girls and women as figures sought out for capture and eradication. In this manuscript, I elucidate the affective contours of what I describe as the spectre of the tranny, which is a technology of capture and dispossession that seeks to confirm the killability of trans women. Mirroring broader social discourses about transfemininity and trans women, the spectre of the tranny haunts the institution of higher education, shaping pedagogical realities for trans women. In this manuscript, I attend to how the spectre of the tranny attenuates pedagogical (im)possibilities for trans women faculty, particularly those who are pre-tenure and/or in contingent roles. Additionally, I gesture towards how trans(girl) sociality may provide a significant site of momentary resistance from the spectre’s haunting absent-presence.
KW - Transfemininity
KW - affect
KW - pedagogy
KW - spectres
KW - transgender
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U2 - 10.1080/14681366.2021.1912163
DO - 10.1080/14681366.2021.1912163
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85104992249
SN - 1468-1366
VL - 29
SP - 811
EP - 824
JO - Pedagogy, Culture and Society
JF - Pedagogy, Culture and Society
IS - 5
ER -