Trans‐gender things: Objects and the materiality of trans‐femininity in Ming‐Qing China

• Published in: Gender & history Vol. 36; no. 1; pp. 52 - 71
• Main Author: Huang, Aixia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.03.2024
• Subjects: Cultural sensitivity; Femininity; Gender; Heuristic; Needlework

This article demonstrates that objects, more specifically the trans usage of objects that disrupted and rearticulated the normative alignment of objects, sexed bodies and gender embodiments, served a formative role in helping male‐assigned individuals to cross gender boundaries and achieve trans‐fem...