Panel discussion in IRWG’s Gender: New Works, New Questions series, which spotlights new books by our faculty
Gender: New Works, New Questions book panel
Gender: New Works, New Questions panel discussion
For women who have experienced domestic violence, proving that you are a “good victim” is no longer enough. Victims must also show that they are recovering, as if domestic violence were a disease: they must transform from “victims” into “survivors.” Women’s access to life-saving resources may even hinge on “good” performances of survivorhood. Through archival and ethnographic research, Paige L. Sweet reveals how trauma discourses and coerced therapy play central roles in women’s lives as they navigate state programs for assistance.
Book discussion with Jocelyn Fenton Stitt, Aliyah Khan, and Supriya Nair.
Gender: New Works, New Questions panel discussion of Trans and Genderqueer Subjects in Medieval Hagiography, edited by Alicia Spencer-Hall and Blake Gutt (Amsterdram University Press, 2021).
Gender: New Works, New Questions book panel on Translocas: The Politics of Puerto Rican Drag and Trans Performance, by Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes.
Congratulations to IRWG affiliate faculty Larry La Fountain-Stokes and Blake Gutt on their recent book publications! We plan to feature both in our Gender: New Works, New Questions series next year.
Virtual celebration will feature editors Banu Subramaniam and Sushmita Chatterjee, with comments (live & pre-recorded) from contributors at 1:00 PM EASTERN TIME
In the face of life-threatening news, how does our view of life change—and what do we do it transform it? Remaking a Life uses the HIV/AIDS epidemic as a lens to understand how women generate radical improvements in their social well being in the face of social stigma and economic disadvantage.