Is The Transgender Studies Reader 2 a standalone volume?

This volume is designed to complement the first Transgender Studies Reader, building on its foundation with more recent scholarship. While it can be read independently, readers new to the field might benefit from starting with the earlier volume for a broader historical context.

What kind of academic context does this book provide?

The collection is specifically curated for teaching and research, offering a comprehensive overview of the expansion of transgender studies over the two decades prior to its publication. It includes editorial introductions and explanatory notes for each essay to guide readers through the academic discourse.

The Transgender Studies Reader 2

Sociology Politics & Society

Pages: 693
Published: 2013
Language: English

Over the past twenty years, transgender studies has emerged as a vibrant field of interdisciplinary scholarship. In 2006, Routledge’s The Transgender Studies Reader brought together the first definitive collection of the field. Since its publication, the field has seen an explosion of new work that has expanded the boundaries of inquiry in many directions. The Transgender Studies Reader 2 gathers these disparate strands of scholarship, and collects them into a format that makes sense for teaching and research. Complementing the first volume, rather than competing with it, The Transgender Studies Reader 2 consists of fifty articles, with a general introduction by the editors, explanatory head notes for each essay, and bibliographical suggestions for further research. Unlike the first volume, which was historically based, tracing the lineage of the field, this volume focuses on recent work and emerging trends. To keep pace with this rapidly changing area, the second reader has a companion website, with images, links to blogs, video, and other material to help supplement the book.

Prose complexity: 7/10

Informative Intellectual Complex Thought-Provoking

Authors

Aren Aizura

Aren Aizura is an assistant professor in Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies. He brings expertise in queer theory, transgender studies, transnationality and immigration, and political economy and labor. Aizura earned a PhD in cultural studies from the University of Melbourne and before joining the University of Minnesota was a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for Research on Women at Rutgers University. He also held a post-doctoral fellowship in Gender, Race and Science in the Departm...

Susan Stryker

Susan O'Neal Stryker (born 1961) is an American professor, author, filmmaker, and theorist whose work focuses on gender and human sexuality. She is Professor of Gender and Women's Studies, former director of the Institute for LGBT Studies, and founder of the Transgender Studies Initiative at the University of Arizona, and is currently on leave while holding an appointment as Barbara Lee Distinguished Chair in Women's Leadership at Mills College. Stryker also serves on the Advisory Council of MET...

Frequently asked questions

Is The Transgender Studies Reader 2 a standalone volume?
This volume is designed to complement the first Transgender Studies Reader, building on its foundation with more recent scholarship. While it can be read independently, readers new to the field might benefit from starting with the earlier volume for a broader historical context.
What kind of academic context does this book provide?
The collection is specifically curated for teaching and research, offering a comprehensive overview of the expansion of transgender studies over the two decades prior to its publication. It includes editorial introductions and explanatory notes for each essay to guide readers through the academic discourse.