Before we were trans : a new history of gender / Kit Heyam.
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. "Today's...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
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2022.
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| Edition: | First US edition. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 343 pages ; 25 cm |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Introduction: 'I had a gown on in a lark' : what is trans history?
- Author's note: Writing trans history differently
- 'The majesty of Him my daughter' : colonising gender roles in West Africa
- 'She liked me in my greatcoat and hat' : fashion and trans panic in early modern Europe
- 'I took especial pleasure in masquerade costumes' : living and performing as women in First World War internment camps
- 'A feminine soul confined by a masculine body' : the entangled history of gay and trans experience
- 'I am both man and woman' : defiant bodies in early America and beyond
- 'Because of the manifestation of spirit' : gender, spirituality and survival in North America and South Asia
- Epilogue: Now we are trans.