Trans Narrators: First-Person Form and the Gendered Body in Contemporary Literature

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Chiara Pellegrini (Independent Researcher and Equity and Inclusion Adviser, Canterbury Christ Church University)

Trans Narrators

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First-Person Form and the Gendered Body in Contemporary Literature

Chiara Pellegrini (Independent Researcher and Equity and Inclusion Adviser, Canterbury Christ Church University)

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Edinburgh University Press
01 November 2025

Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers; Gender studies: transsexuals & hermaphroditism

Series: Gender and the Body in Literature and Culture

Trans Narrators examines a range of trans-authored novels, short stories and autobiographical narratives published after 2015 and develops a new methodology at the intersection of trans studies and narrative studies. The book identifies temporality, embodiment and reliability as key areas of investment for trans authors, and focuses specifically on the first-person narrator, showing how its formal characteristics impact how we understand gender and the body, the act of narrating the self, and the ability of marginalised subjects to speak and be visible. By creating a framework for reading trans narratives, this book responds to the urgency of promoting trans voices in a transnational context in which trans rights are at risk, as well as to a growing understanding of the role of narrative forms in shaping collective thought, politics and material conditions.

By: Chiara Pellegrini (Independent Researcher and Equity and Inclusion Adviser Canterbury Christ Church University)
Imprint: Edinburgh University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781399526944
ISBN 10: 1399526944
Series: Gender and the Body in Literature and Culture
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 01 November 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chiara Pellegrini completed her Ph.D. at Newcastle University in 2022 and currently works as an independent researcher and as an Equity and Inclusion Adviser at Canterbury Christ Church University. She has published articles and book chapters on queer theory and film adaptation, contemporary trans memoirs and novels, queer temporalities in film and television, the body in intersex narratives, and feminism and popular culture. She is the co-editor of a special issue of Narrative entitled 'Trans/forming Narrative Studies' (2024).

Reviews for Trans Narrators: First-Person Form and the Gendered Body in Contemporary Literature

In illuminating the formal practices and social challenges of narrating trans lives in both fiction and autobiography, Trans Narrators offers brilliant new ways of thinking about all narrative acts. Deeply thoughtful and richly capacious, Pellegrini's pathbreaking book is a milestone not only for trans studies but for narratology tout court.--Susan S. Lanser, Brandeis University