Transgender history

by Stryker, Susan

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Title Statements

Full title :Transgender history / Susan Stryker.

Summary

From the Publisher: Transgender History covers American transgender history from the mid-twentieth century to today. From the transsexual and transvestite communities in the years following "World War II to trans radicalism and social change in the '60s and '70s to the gender issues witnessed throughout the '90s and '00s, this introductory text will give you a foundation for understanding the developments, changes, strides, and setbacks of trans studies and the trans community in the United States.

"Transgender History covers American transgender history from the mid-twentieth century to today. Transgender History takes a chronological approach to the subject of transgender history, with each chapter covering major movements, writings, and events. Chapter 1 covers the transsexual and transvestite communities in the years following World War II. Chapter 2 addresses trans radicalism and social change, which spanned from 1966 with the publication of The Transsexual Phenomenon, and lasted through the early 1970s. Chapter 3 focuses on the mid-'70s to 1990--the era of identity politics and the changes witnessed in trans circles through these years. Chapters 4 and 5 are broken into the gender issues witnessed through the '90s and '00s, respectively. Sidebars highlight quotes from major texts and speeches in transgender history, and others will feature brief biographies of key players. First-person narratives from transgender memoirs are excerpted and treatments of transgenderism in popular culture are also discussed."--Publisher's description.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2008

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Seal Press
Place of Publication:Berkeley, CA
Language:eng
Publication Date:2008

The Physical Object

Description:ix, 190 pages : : illustrations ; : 21 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781580052245, 158005224X
oclc:on1156731945
LC Classification:HQ77.9

An introduction to transgender terms and concepts -- A hundred years of transgender history -- Transgender liberation -- The difficult decades -- The current wave.

Subjects

Gender Identity Gender Identity -- history Gender nonconformity Gender nonconformity -- History History Identité sexuelle -- Histoire Transgender people Transgender people -- History Transgenres -- Histoire Transgenrisme -- Histoire