Transgender History, second edition The Roots of Today's Revolution

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Synopsis

A timely second edition of the classic text on transgender history, with a new introduction and updated material throughout Covering 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. Chapters cover the transsexual and transvestite communities in the years following World War II; trans radicalism and social change, which spanned from 1966 with the publication of The Transsexual Phenomenon, and lasted through the early 1970s; the mid-'70s to 1990-the era of identity politics and the changes witnessed in trans circles through these years; and the gender issues witnessed through the '90s and '00s.Transgender History includes informative sidebars highlighting quotes from major texts and speeches in transgender history and brief biographies of key players, plus excerpts from transgender memoirs and discussion of treatments of transgenderism in popular culture.

Book details

Edition:
2
Series:
Seal Studies
Author:
Susan Stryker
ISBN:
9781580056908
Related ISBNs:
9781580052245, 9781580056908
Publisher:
Basic Books
Pages:
320
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2021-05-18
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2017
Copyright by:
Susan Stryker 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender, Nonfiction, Social Studies