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The book argues that the transsexual body—as a historical subject and the histories of individual transsexual subjects—is empowered by narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the first part of the book, Prosser focuses on identity and bodily integrity, turning to the work of Judith Butler—who presents the homosexual theory view of the transgendered body—and Prosser's own theory of the transsexual body.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe second part centres on narratives, including a critical recasting of Radclyffe Hall's \u003cem\u003eThe Well of Loneliness\u003c\/em\u003e into a transsexual novel and the study of transgender and trans-genre in Leslie Feinberg's \u003cem\u003eStone Butch Blues\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as lesser-known autobiographies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book ends with photographs showing the transsexual body. 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