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Toward Trans-gendering International Relations

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ID2264291
AuthorsLaura Sjoberg (0000-0001-9931-316X, University of Florida, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume6
Issue4
Pages337-354
Publication date2012-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Political Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1749-5679 • E-ISSN: 1749-5687
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/ips.12005
OpenAlexW2141338356
LanguageEN
Citations received25
References cited63

This article engages with trans-theorizing to show how International Relations (IR) is currently blind to gender diversity, and the conceptual contributions trans-theorizing could make. To do so, it asks what insights trans-theorizing might provide for the study of global politics generally, and for feminist theorizing about gender in global politics specifically. After briefly introducing the terminology of trans-theorizing, the article addresses the potential for (and potential hazards of) an alliance between trans-theorizing and feminist theorizing in IR. The article then discusses several potential contributions of trans-theorizing—including hyper- and in-visibility, liminality, crossing, and disidentification—which provide explanatory leverage for IR. The article concludes with some suggestions for further collaboration between trans-theorizing and (feminist) IR to deepen and widen IR's work on gender specifically, and global politics generally

International relations · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Law

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Unique citing works25
Citations per year2,27
Citation span2015 - 2026 (12)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 24

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