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Louisa Mackenzie (she/they)
Becoming Non-Binary in Contemporary French Culture
“How do you say ‘they’ in French?” English-speaking students of French often wonder how Francophones express non-binary gender when their grammar is rigidly bi-gendered. My book engages the broad stakes of this question, showing the creative shifts in contemporary Francophone culture which express and shape gender-diverse identities. I analyze how non-binary artists and communities renegotiate French cultural and linguistic norms, strategically appropriate English discourses, and use multiple media, in order to claim visibility and, where desired, legitimacy.