Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Oversight: How and Why Feminist Thinking Matters
- Further Reading
- Notes
- References
- Chapter One
- Montréal by Night: Critical Thoughts on Radical Health
Research
- Introduction
- Montréal as a City of Leisure, Sex, and Sexuality
- Histories of Public Health and Infectious Disease in
Montréal
- Conclusion
- Questions for Discussion and Reflection
- Further Reading
- Notes
- References
- Chapter Two
- Labour, the State, and Global Capitalism: Challenges for
Archiving Trans Lives
- Cabarets
- Clinical Health
- Conclusion
- Questions for Discussion and Reflection
- Further Reading
- Notes
- References
- Chapter Three
- Reflections on a Changing City: Heritage, the Transformation of
Montréal's Downtown Core, and the Economic Dimensions of
Oversight
- The Quartier des spectacles and the Revitalisation of
Saint-Laurent Boulevard
- Methodological Issues in Our Reflections on Québec
Heritage
- Data and Evidence Presented by the Promoters
- The General Orientations of the Quartier des spectacles
- Summary of the Situation
- Recommendations
- Epilogue
- Questions for Discussion and Reflection
- Further Reading
- References
- Chapter Four
- The Impact of HIV in Parisian Trans Communities, 1980-2000: The
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Histories of HIV/AIDS
- Overview of the Research Study
- Main Study Findings
- Conclusion: The Contributions of History in the Analysis of
HIV/AIDS
- Questions for Discussion and Reflection
- Further Reading
- Notes
- References
- Chapter Five
- Critiquing the AIDS Bureaucracy: An Open Letter to the Canadian
AIDS Society (CAS), with Nora Butler Burke and Zack Marshall
History of This Issue at CAS
- Meetings and Communications with CAS
- Principles in Practice?
- Questions We Still Ask Ourselves
- Why This Letter?
- What Can You Do?
- Epilogue
- Questions for Discussion and Reflection
- Further Reading
- References
- Chapter Six
- But What About the B? Elision of Bisexualities in Scholarship
and Activisms on Sexuality
- Questions for Discussion and Reflection
- Further Reading
- References
- Chapter Seven
- Reflections on Pronouns, Activists, and Funerals
- Introduction
- The Limits of Confession: Constituting the Settler Subject
- Preferred Pronouns: Activists Speak and Centre Themselves
- Beyond Binary Gender: Marginalizing Transsexuals?
- Enter ""Trans People,"" Exit Trans Women
- Privilege: But I Want it!
- Reflections on ""Safe Space""
- On Funerals
- Conclusion
- Questions for Discussion and Reflection
- Further Reading
- Notes
- References
- Conclusion
- References
About the Author
Viviane Namaste is a Professor and Research Chair
in HIV/AIDS and Sexual Health at the Simone de Beauvoir Institute
at Concordia University in Montreal.
Reviews
Namaste has written a timely and engaging book, perfect for courses
on gender, sexuality, and feminist methods, theorizing, and
activism. The combination of critical feminism, the
explication/application of the concept of ‘oversight,’ and the
discussion of work/research with trans people and on trans issues
clearly set this book apart from other works that might, at most,
grapple with one of these areas. This book is unique in the sheer
breadth of topics covered and perspectives considered; it stands
out for the strength of the research, lucidity of the arguments,
and accessibility of the writing. - Fiona Nelson, Department of
Sociology, University of Calgary
""Viviane Namaste’s latest work matters not just for trans people,
activists, and scholars but also for anyone interested in public
sector issues around gender, sexuality, and health, particularly in
relation to HIV, history, memory, and activism, and especially in
Canadian and French-language contexts. This collection is an
important contribution to a growing body of literature that
critically engages with a range of tough questions and issues about
which we should all be thinking carefully."" - Nicholas Matte, Mark
S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies, University of
Toronto
