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Jonathan Alexander. Transgender Rhetorics: (Re)Composing Narratives of the Gendered Body.

Alexander, Jonathan. "Transgender Rhetorics: (Re)Composing Narratives of the Gendered Body." CCC 57.1 (2005): 45-82.

Abstract

This essay attempts to demonstrate how transgender theories can inspire pedagogical methods that complement feminist compositionist pedagogical approaches to understanding the narration of gender as a social construct. By examining sample student writing generated by a prompt inspired by transgender theories, the author's analysis suggests how trans theories might usefully expand and extend: for both instructors and students: our analysis of the stories we tell personally, socially, and politically about gender. Ultimately, the author argues that trans theories and pedagogical activities built on them can enhance our understanding of gender performance by prompting us to consider gender as a material and embodied reality.

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