Going stealth : transgender politics and U.S. surveillance practices / Toby Beauchamp.
| Author/creator | Beauchamp, Toby, 1977- author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Durham ; London : Duke University Press, [2019] |
| Copyright Date | ©2019 |
| Description | 1 online resource (xi, 196 pages) : illustrations |
| Supplemental Content | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Transgender politics and United States surveillance practices |
| Contents | Deceptive documents -- Flying under the radar -- Bathrooms, borders, and biometrics -- Sensitive information in the Manning case -- Conclusion: On endurance. |
| Abstract | In Going Stealth Toby Beauchamp demonstrates how the enforcement of gender conformity is linked to state surveillance practices that identify threats based on racial, gender, national, and ableist categories of difference. Positioning surveillance as central to our understanding of transgender politics, Beauchamp examines a range of issues, from bathroom bills and TSA screening practices to Chelsea Manning's trial, to show how security practices extend into the everyday aspects of our gendered lives. He brings the fields of disability, science and technology, and surveillance studies into conversation with transgender studies to show how the scrutinizing of gender nonconformity is motivated less by explicit transgender identities than by the perceived threat that gender nonconformity poses to the U.S. racial and security state. Beauchamp uses instances of gender surveillance to demonstrate how disciplinary power attempts to produce conformist citizens and regulate difference through discourses of security. At the same time, he contends that greater visibility and recognition for gender nonconformity, while sometimes beneficial, might actually enable the surveillance state to more effectively track, measure, and control trans bodies and identities. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Print version record. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Beauchamp, Toby, 1977- Going stealth. Durham ; London : Duke University Press, [2019] 9781478001225 |
| LCCN | 2018028966 |
| ISBN | 9781478002659 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 1478002654 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
| ISBN | (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
| ISBN | (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
| ISBN | (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard identifier# | 15184915 |
| Stock number | 22573/ctv11bw6gw JSTOR |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |