Transnormative
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Pertaining to, exhibiting, or consistent with transnormativity.
"In this metaphor, transnormative subjects “before the law” are likely to be those in the “but for” group, closest to the floor above. A transnormative approach seeks inclusion in existing political and social arrangements, and, like its cognate, “homonormative,” describes a politics in which “'equality' becomes narrow, formal access to a few conservatizing institutions” (Duggan 2003, 65). Aren Z. Aizura describes “transnormative” as an imperative to fade “into the population ...”"
- 2 Crossing norms.
"7.3 The Function and Form of Transnormative Law Recapitulating ongoing debates, five distinct but overlapping characteristics of this kind of transnormative law can be observed: Intercontextualty: Nation-state law [...] […] Despite the entangled character and coevolutionary structure of national and transnormative law, the relationship is potentially ..."
Example
More examples"In this metaphor, transnormative subjects “before the law” are likely to be those in the “but for” group, closest to the floor above. A transnormative approach seeks inclusion in existing political and social arrangements, and, like its cognate, “homonormative,” describes a politics in which “'equality' becomes narrow, formal access to a few conservatizing institutions” (Duggan 2003, 65). Aren Z. Aizura describes “transnormative” as an imperative to fade “into the population ...”"
Etymology
From trans- + normative.
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