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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]], [[ | M: [[Lyda Morehouse]], [[Charlie Anders]], [[Elizabeth Bear]], [[B. C. Holmes]], [[Jennifer Pelland]] | ||
==Panel reports, notes, transcripts== | ==Panel reports, notes, transcripts== | ||
* http://epi-lj.livejournal.com/1576443.html | * http://epi-lj.livejournal.com/1576443.html | ||
* [http://bcholmes.livejournal.com/297759.html B.C. Holmes LJ] | * [http://bcholmes.livejournal.com/297759.html B.C. Holmes LJ] | ||
* [http://bcholmes.livejournal.com/298598.html more BC] | |||
* [http://charliegrrrl.livejournal.com/153006.html Charlie] | |||
[[Category:WisCon 31 panels]] | [[Category:WisCon 31 panels]] | ||
Revision as of 21:23, 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, B. C. Holmes, Jennifer Pelland