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Feminism, Sex, and Gender•Assembly• Sunday, 10:00-11:15 a.m. | Feminism, Sex, and Gender•Assembly• Sunday, 10:00-11:15 a.m. | ||
Much science fiction and fantasy of recent years deals with changing sex. But it treats it as a trope rather than a process: Larque on the Wing, I Will Fear No Evil, "Changes," the work of John Varley. While there is no denying the usefulness of transsexuality as a trope in discussing the social construction of gender, what are we missing by eliding transsexuality's nature as a process? | Much science fiction and fantasy of recent years deals with changing sex. But it treats it as a trope rather than a process: ''[[Larque on the Wing]]'', ''[[I Will Fear No Evil]]'', "Changes," the work of [[John Varley]]. While there is no denying the usefulness of transsexuality as a trope in discussing the social construction of gender, what are we missing by eliding transsexuality's nature as a process? | ||
M: Lyda Morehouse, Charlie Anders, Elizabeth Bear, BC Holmes, Jennifer Pelland | M: [[Lyda Morehouse]], [[Charlie Anders]], [[Elizabeth Bear]], [[BC Holmes]], [[Jennifer Pelland]] | ||
==Panel reports, notes, transcripts== | |||
* http://epi-lj.livejournal.com/1576443.html | |||
* [http://bcholmes.livejournal.com/297759.html B.C. Holmes LJ] | |||
[[Category:WisCon 31 panels]] | [[Category:WisCon 31 panels]] | ||
Revision as of 21:20, 30 May 2007
132 Transsexuality as Trope
Feminism, Sex, and Gender•Assembly• Sunday, 10:00-11:15 a.m.
Much science fiction and fantasy of recent years deals with changing sex. But it treats it as a trope rather than a process: Larque on the Wing, I Will Fear No Evil, "Changes," the work of John Varley. While there is no denying the usefulness of transsexuality as a trope in discussing the social construction of gender, what are we missing by eliding transsexuality's nature as a process?
M: Lyda Morehouse, Charlie Anders, Elizabeth Bear, BC Holmes, Jennifer Pelland