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Trans* Bodies

Lecture by Jack Halberstam

Lecture by Jack Halberstam, Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity, Gender Studies and Comparative Literature at the University of Southern California (USC).

"The difference between male and female does not hold anymore"

Jack Halberstam, gender and queer theorist

In this interview, the expert in gender and queer studies Jack Halberstam, explains what he means by trans* bodies. For Halberstam, the changes in bodies and gender identity that are occurring are positive for society as a whole and mark a turning point in the way of understanding marriage, ...

Jack Halberstam

Trans* Bodies

How has the representation of transgender and transsexual bodies evolved in popular culture? Might we be able to imagine a future in which gender could be optional or hackable or, to go still further, a genderless future? Jack Halberstam, Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity, Gender Studies and Comparative Literature at the University of Southern California (USC), reflects on this questions in a lecture presented by sociologist and activist Miquel Missé.