Before we were trans : a new history of gender
Explores the history of transgender and gender nonconforming people, with a focus on those who identified in other than a straightforward binary fashion; on communities in West Africa, Asia, and among Native Americans; and on cross-dressing in World War I prison camps and in entertainment.
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- ISBN: 9781541603080
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viii, 343 pages ; 25 cm - Edition First U.S. edition.
- Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2022.
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Before We Were Trans : A New History of Gender
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Before We Were Trans : A New History of Gender
Aâ¯groundbreakingâ¯global history of gender nonconformity⯠Today's narratives about trans people tend to feature individuals with stable gender identities that fit neatly into the categories of male or female. Those stories, while important, fail to account for the complex realities of many trans people's lives. Before We Were Trans â¯illuminates the stories of people across the globe, from antiquity to the present,â¯whose experiencesâ¯of gender haveâ¯defiedâ¯binary categories. Blendingâ¯historical analysisâ¯with sharp cultural criticism, trans historian and activist Kit Heyam offers a new, radically inclusiveâ¯trans history, chronicling expressions of trans experience that are often overlooked, like gender-nonconforming fashion and wartime stage performance. Before We Were Trans â¯transports usâ¯from Renaissance Venice toâ¯seventeenth-centuryâ¯Angola, from Edo Japan toâ¯early America, and looksâ¯to the past to uncover new horizons forâ¯possible trans futures.â¯