gender: new works new questions

Panel discussion in IRWG’s Gender: New Works, New Questions series, which spotlights new books by our faculty

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.