Others of my kind : transatlantic transgender histories / by Alex Bakker [and three others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bakker, Alex, 1968- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trans people.

Europe.

North America.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Other Title:

Others of My Kind

Place of Publication:

University of Calgary Press 2020

Calgary, Alberta : University of Calgary Press, [2020]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"An illuminating look at the transatlantic, transgender community that shaped the history and study of sexuality. From the turn of the twentieth century to the 1950s, a group of transgender people on both sides of the Atlantic created communities that profoundly shaped the history and study of sexuality. By exchanging letters and pictures among themselves they established private networks of affirmation and trust, and by submitting their stories and photographs to medical journals and popular magazines they sought to educate both doctors and the public. Others of My Kind draws on archives in Europe and North America to tell the story of this remarkable transatlantic transgender community. This book uncovers threads of connection between Germany, the United States, and the Netherlands to discover the people who influenced the work of authorities like Magnus Hirschfeld, Harry Benjamin, and Alfred Kinsey not only with their clinical presentations, but also with their personal relationships. With more than 170 colour and black and white illustrations, including many stunning, previously unpublished photographs, Others of My Kind celebrates the faces, lives, and personal networks of those who drove twentieth-century transgender history."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction / Annette F. Timm, Michael Thomas Taylor, Alex Bakker, and Rainer Herrn

Illustration Practices in the First Magazine for Transvestites, Das 3. Geshlect (The Third Sex) / Rainer Herrn

Visual Rhetorics of Transgender History / Michael Thomas Taylor

"I am so grateful to all you men of medicine:" Trans Cirlces of Knowledge of Intimacy / Annette F. Timm

In the Shadows of Society: Trans People in the Netherlands-the 1950s / Alex Bakker

Exhibiting Trans History / Michael Thomas Taylor, Annette F. Timm, and Alex Bakker.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 30, 2020).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781773851235

1773851233

9781773851242

1773851241

OCLC:

1182537785