Online reverse discourses? Claiming a space for trans voices

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12259642
AutoresDavid Primo (0000-0002-1888-6888, University of Padua, autor de correspondencia), Adriano Zamperini (0000-0002-6800-170X, University of Padua), Ines Testoni (0000-0002-2325-6450, University of Padua)
Año2019
Volumen29
Número4
Páginas514-533
Fecha de publicación2019-01-10
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaFeminism & Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0959-3535 • E-ISSN: 1461-7161
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0959353518819583
OpenAlexW2910024620
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas50

In recent years, online media have offered to trans people helpful resources to create new political, cultural and personal representations of their biographies. However, the role of these media in the construction of their social and personal identities has seldom been addressed. Drawing on the theoretical standpoint of positioning theory and diatextual discourse analysis, this paper discusses the results of a research project about weblogs created by Italian trans women. In particular, the aim of this study was to describe the ways online resources are used to express different definitions and interpretation of transgenderism, transsexuality and gender transitioning. We identified four main positioning strategies: “Transgender”, “Transsexual before being a woman”, “A woman who was born male” and “Just a normal woman”. We conclude with the political implications of the pluralization of narratives about gender non-conformity. Specifically, we will highlight how aspects of neoliberal discourses have been appropriated and rearticulated in the construction of gendered subjectivities

Interpretation (philosophy · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Social constructionism · Social science · Sociology · Transgender · Transsexual · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Social Media and Politics