Man into woman : a comparative scholarly edition / Lili Elbe ; edited by Pamela L. Caughie and Sabine Meyer.

In 1930 Danish artist Einar Wegener underwent a series of surgeries to live as Lili Ilse Elvenes (more commonly known as Lili Elbe). Her life story, Fra Mand til Kvinde (From Man to Woman), is the first popular full-length (auto)biographical narrative of a subject who undergoes genital transformatio...

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Main Author: Elbe, Lili, 1882-1931 (Author)
Other Authors: Caughie, Pamela L.
Meyer, Sabine
Language:English
Published: London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.
Series:Modernist archives series.
Subjects:
Elbe, Lili, > 1882-1931.
Elbe, Lili, > 1882-1931. > Fra mand til kvinde. > English.
Transsexuals > Denmark > Biography.
Intersexuality.
Gender transition.
Gender transition > Hormone therapy.
Gender reassignment surgery.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:xxi, 299 pages : illustrated (black and white) ; 25 cm.
Format: Book
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Summary:
In 1930 Danish artist Einar Wegener underwent a series of surgeries to live as Lili Ilse Elvenes (more commonly known as Lili Elbe). Her life story, Fra Mand til Kvinde (From Man to Woman), is the first popular full-length (auto)biographical narrative of a subject who undergoes genital transformation surgery.
Note:Original Danish edition published : Fra mand til kvinde, 1931.
Call Number:HQ77.95.D4 E43 2020
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781350021495
1350021490