Messianic language in trans public speech

This essay examines how two trans public figures, Lou Sullivan and Jennifer Finney Boylan, try to realize the need for transgender legibility through messianic rhetoric. Messianism is a site of contention in queer theory, between advocates for either antirelational queer theory or queer utopianism....

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Main Author: Kelly, Siobhan M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group [2018]
In: Theology & sexuality
Year: 2018, Volume: 24, Issue: 2, Pages: 110-127
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Sullivan, Louis Graydon 1951-1991 / Boylan, Jennifer Finney 1958- / Transsexualism / Messianism / Rhetoric
IxTheo Classification:NBE Anthropology
NCF Sexual ethics
Further subjects:B Lou Sullivan
B Messianism
B Jennifer Finney Boylan
B Queer Theory
B Mira Bellwether
B Trans studies
B Futurity
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)