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Multiple psyches/souls inhabiting the same body | |||
A special instance of soul migrations etc., but the dual (or multiple) inhabitance in the same body permits the author to engage characters in cross-gender dialogue; verbalize their gender dysphoria; comment on the other person's experience or their own experience of the other person's body; show blended gendered experiences (as in sudden [[bisexual|bisexuality]]) | A special instance of soul migrations etc., but the dual (or multiple) inhabitance in the same body permits the author to engage characters in cross-gender dialogue; verbalize their gender dysphoria; comment on the other person's experience or their own experience of the other person's body; show blended gendered experiences (as in sudden [[bisexual|bisexuality]]) | ||
* [[Robert A. Heinlein]], ''[[I Will Fear No Evil]]'' | * [[Robert A. Heinlein]], ''[[I Will Fear No Evil]]'' | ||
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* [[Matt Ruff]], ''[[Set This House in Order]]'' | * [[Matt Ruff]], ''[[Set This House in Order]]'' | ||
* "Born Again", [[The X-Files]] episode (1x21) - A transgender partial reincarnation / possession. A murdered male policeman is reincarnated into the body of a little girl. Notable for its ''non'' discussion of gender issues. | * "Born Again", [[The X-Files]] episode (1x21) - A transgender partial reincarnation / possession. A murdered male policeman is reincarnated into the body of a little girl. Notable for its ''non'' discussion of gender issues. | ||
* [[Lynn Flewelling]]'s ''[[The Bone Doll Twin]]'' , ''[[Hidden Warrior]]'', ''[[The Oracle's Queen]]'' | |||
==See also== | |||
* [[Gendered "Otherness" Experiences in the Body]] | |||
Revision as of 10:30, 13 May 2008
Multiple psyches/souls inhabiting the same body
A special instance of soul migrations etc., but the dual (or multiple) inhabitance in the same body permits the author to engage characters in cross-gender dialogue; verbalize their gender dysphoria; comment on the other person's experience or their own experience of the other person's body; show blended gendered experiences (as in sudden bisexuality)
- Robert A. Heinlein, I Will Fear No Evil
- Tanya Huff, Quarters Series
- Matt Ruff, Set This House in Order
- "Born Again", The X-Files episode (1x21) - A transgender partial reincarnation / possession. A murdered male policeman is reincarnated into the body of a little girl. Notable for its non discussion of gender issues.
- Lynn Flewelling's The Bone Doll Twin , Hidden Warrior, The Oracle's Queen