New and Decolonial Approaches to Gender Nonconformity: Forging A Home For Ourselves
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
New and Decolonial Approaches to Gender Nonconformity: Forging A Home For Ourselves
By (Author) Kit Heyam
Edited by Jon Ward
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Bloomsbury Academic
10th July 2025
United Kingdom
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Decolonisation and postcolonial studies
Educational: Humanities and social sciences, general
Physical Properties
Hardback
208
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
Description
A diverse collective of arts and humanities researchers, educators and creative practitioners share their thoughts and experiences of how to approach gender nonconformity creatively and ethically, including from a decolonial perspective. While substantial work has addressed the ethics and practicalities of working with trans and gender-nonconforming participants in social science research, approaches to gender nonconformity in arts and humanities research, teaching and practice still remain underexplored. Here, contributors share their thoughts and experience on topics including centring trans people and people of colour in fan adaptations of Les Misrables; moving beyond medicalised approaches to trans history; responding to the early modern history of gender nonconformity through poetic-performative closet dramas; and using trans history to decolonise history teaching. The editors draw out the books practical and theoretical implications, reflecting on what it means for marginalised people to forge a home within the arts and humanities in our contemporary political moment. This book is an invaluable resource for academics, educators, performers and activists invested in finding new, trans-affirming, decolonial and anti-racist ways to engage with gender nonconformity in their work.
Author Bio
Kit Heyam is Lecturer in Medieval and Early Modern Studies at Queen Mary, University of London, UK. Kit is the author of Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender (2022), and multiple publications on trans-inclusive HE/heritage practice including Gendering Material Objects in Heritage Practice (2023). Jon Ward is Lecturer in Race and Diversity Studies at Kings College London, UK. Jon is the founder of The Abolitionist Curriculum, an open-access resource which centres engagement with the multiplicities of Blackness, and has written multiple publications discussing Blackness, gender and nation within popular culture .
