A short history of trans misogyny / Jules Gill-Peterson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gill-Peterson, Jules, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transmisogyny.

Trans women--Violence against.

Trans women.

Transfemininity.

Transfeminine people.

Physical Description:

x, 182 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Verso, 2024.

Summary:

"There is no shortage of voices demanding everyone pay attention to the violence trans women suffer. But one frighteningly basic question seems never to be answered: why does it happen? If men are not inherently evil and trans women do not intrinsically invite reprisal--which would make violence unstoppable--then the psychology of that violence had to arise at a certain place and time. The trans panic had to be invented. Award-winning historian Jules Gill-Peterson takes us from the bustling port cities of New York and New Orleans to the streets of London and Paris in search of the emergence of modern trans misogyny. She connects the colonial and military districts of the British Raj, the Philippines, and Hawai'i to the lively travesti communities of Latin America, where state violence has stamped a trans label on vastly different ways of life. Weaving together the stories of historical figures in a richly detailed narrative, the book shows how trans femininity emerged under colonial governments, the sex work industry, the policing of urban public spaces, and the area between the formal and informal economy. A Short History of Trans Misogyny is the first book to explain why trans women are burdened by such a weight of injustice and hatred."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Femmes against trans

The global trans panic

Sex and the antebellum city

Queens of the gay world

Conclusion: Mujerísima and scarcity feminism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-173) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Gill-Peterson, Jules. Short history of trans misogyny.

ISBN:

9781804291566

1804291560

OCLC:

1371584979

Publisher Number:

99996660040