Sex Change, Social Change Reflections on Identity, Institutions, and Imperialism-[Viviane Namaste].pdf

Sex Change, Social
Change: Reflections on
Identity, Institutions, and
Imperialism
Viviane Namaste
Women’s Press
Sex Change, Social Change
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Reflections on Identity,
Institutions, and Imperialism
Sex Change, Social Change:
Viviane Namaste
Women’s Press
Toronto
Sex Change, Social Change: Reflections on Identity, Institutions, and Imperialism
by Viviane Namaste
First published in 2005 by
Women’s Press, an imprint of Canadian Scholars’ Press Inc.
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“Making the Lives of Transsexual People Visible: Addressing the Politics of Social Erasure”
was previously published in New Socialist, Vol. 39 (Dec. 2002 - Jan. 2003). It is reprinted
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