Transantagonisms and the symbolic "woman" in U.S. settler reproductive rhetorics

Dominant reproductive rhetorics in the U.S. settler colonial nation-state, I argue, centralize a symbolic and universal womanhood that functions as a transantagonistic rhetoric. Transantagonism is the symbolic and material hostility that is mobilized to maintain cisnormativity and the colonial/moder...

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Published in:The Quarterly journal of speech 2024-07, Vol.110 (3), p.470-478
Main Author: Mack, Ashley Noel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
anti-trans legislation
binary gender
decolonial feminism
reproductive rights
Transantagonism
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Summary:Dominant reproductive rhetorics in the U.S. settler colonial nation-state, I argue, centralize a symbolic and universal womanhood that functions as a transantagonistic rhetoric. Transantagonism is the symbolic and material hostility that is mobilized to maintain cisnormativity and the colonial/modern binary gender system. I reveal how these settler reproductive rhetorics operate to maintain this system through an analysis of the Dobbs v. Jackson and L.W. v. Skrmetti court rulings.
ISSN:0033-5630
1479-5779
DOI:10.1080/00335630.2024.2368563