Abstract
Tackling the mimetic logic of sex-gender that limits the transsexual subject's sexuality into seeming a poor representation, the author argues that trans pornography and autoethnographic accounts from trans scholars emphasize the affective dimension of trans sex, a material remainder absent from mimetic theories of sexuality. Developing concepts from Alfred North Whitehead's process philosophy, in tandem with Morty Diamond's film Trans Entities: The Nasty Love of Papi and Wil (2007) and a selection of trans theorists, this article elaborates on the horizon of affective potential opened by transgender, brown, kinky, and pornographic "nastiness." The event of "nasty love" solicits a differential becoming, growing the edge of self.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 749-765 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | Journal of Homosexuality |
Volume | 61 |
Issue number | 5 |
Early online date | 12 Feb 2013 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 4 May 2014 |
Keywords
- affect studies
- cultural stereotypes
- pornumentary
- process philosophy
- trans entities