{"product_id":"trap-door-trans-cultural-production-and-the-politics-of-visibility-9780262544894","title":"Trap Door: Trans Cultural Production and the Politics of Visibility","description":"\u003cb\u003eEssays, conversations, and archival investigations explore the paradoxes, limitations, and social ramifications of trans representation within contemporary culture.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe increasing representation of trans identity throughout art and popular culture in recent years has been nothing if not paradoxical. Trans visibility is touted as a sign of a liberal society, but it has coincided with a political moment marked both by heightened violence against trans people (especially trans women of color) and by the suppression of trans rights under civil law. \u003ci\u003eTrap Door\u003c\/i\u003e grapples with these contradictions.\u003cbr\u003eThe essays, conversations, and dossiers gathered here delve into themes as wide-ranging yet interconnected as beauty, performativity, activism, and police brutality. Collectively, they attest to how trans people are frequently offered \"doors\"--entrances to visibility and recognition--that are actually \"traps,\" accommodating trans bodies and communities only insofar as they cooperate with dominant norms. The volume speculates about a third term, perhaps uniquely suited for our time: the trapdoor, neither entrance nor exit, but a secret passageway leading \u003ci\u003eelsewhere\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eTrap Door\u003c\/i\u003e begins a conversation that extends through and beyond trans culture, showing how these issues have relevance for anyone invested in the ethics of visual culture. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eLexi Adsit, Sara Ahmed, Nicole Archer, Kai Lumumba Barrow, Johanna Burton, micha cárdenas, Mel Y. Chen, Grace Dunham, Treva Ellison, Sydney Freeland, Che Gossett, Reina Gossett, Stamatina Gregory, Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Robert Hamblin, Eva Hayward, Juliana Huxtable, Yve Laris Cohen, Abram J. Lewis, Heather Love, Park McArthur, CeCe McDonald, Toshio Meronek, Fred Moten, Tavia Nyong'o, Morgan M. Page, Roy Pérez, Dean Spade, Eric A. Stanley, Jeannine Tang, Wu Tsang, Jeanne Vaccaro, Chris E. Vargas, Geo Wyeth, Kalaniopua Young, Constantina Zavitsanos\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReina Gossett is an artist, activist, and 2017 Activist in Residence at the Barnard Center for Research on Women. She directed \u003ci\u003eThe Personal Things \u003c\/i\u003e(2016) and, with Sasha Wortzel, wrote, directed, and produced \u003ci\u003eHappy Birthday, Marsha!\u003c\/i\u003e (2017), a short film about legendary performer and activist Marsha P. Johnson. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEric A. Stanley is Assistant Professor in the Department of Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University of California, Riverside, editor of \u003ci\u003eCaptive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex\u003c\/i\u003e, and, with Chris E. Vargas, director of the films \u003ci\u003eHomotopia \u003c\/i\u003e(2006) and \u003ci\u003eCriminal Queers \u003c\/i\u003e(2016). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohanna Burton is Keith Haring Director and Curator of Education and Public Engagement at the New Museum in New York and the series editor for the Critical Anthologies in Art and Culture.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50650489946386,"sku":"9780262544894","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_06c230df-3797-4f65-ab51-bb35e08be6d4.jpg?v=1733290245","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/trap-door-trans-cultural-production-and-the-politics-of-visibility-9780262544894","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}