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Developing a critical trans gerontology[Note 1. This work was made possible by the grant of ...]
Author(s) -
Toze Michael
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the british journal of sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.826
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1468-4446
pISSN - 0007-1315
DOI - 10.1111/1468-4446.12491
Subject(s) - skepticism , sociology , context (archaeology) , perspective (graphical) , service (business) , gerontology , engineering ethics , epistemology , medicine , computer science , philosophy , economy , artificial intelligence , economics , paleontology , engineering , biology
Within existing academic literature, ageing within trans populations has primarily been addressed from the perspective of offering advice to service providers and clinicians, with relatively limited application of critical sociological perspectives. This article seeks to integrate the critical perspectives on gerontology with transfeminism, identifying areas of commonality regarding accounts of an integrated lifecourse, scepticism of biomedicalization, and an emphasis on local context. The article suggests that this integration provides a fruitful basis for developing future research into the study of trans ageing, and also provides theoretical development across many debates around age, gender and the lifecourse.