I am (wo)man: The rhetoric of transidentity in politics, law, and performance

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2008-12

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This rhetorical analysis uses close textual methodology to analyze a speech, court case, and play that each construct transgender identity through language. The close textual analysis reveals that gender is constructed through language thus constraining transgender agency through labels.

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Law, Theatre, Speech, Identity, Transgender, Gender

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