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Transgender History / Susan Stryker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stryker, Susan, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Trans people--History.
- Trans people.
- Transgenderism--History.
- Transgenderism.
- Gender nonconformity--History.
- Gender nonconformity.
- Gender identity--History.
- Gender identity.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 190 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st edition
- Place of Publication:
- Berkley : Seal Press, 2008.
- Summary:
- Transgender History covers American transgender history from the mid-twentieth century to today. From the transsexual and transvestite communities in the years following "World War II to trans radicalism and social change in the '60s and '70s to the gender issues witnessed throughout the '90s and '00s, this introductory text will give you a foundation for understanding the developments, changes, strides, and setbacks of trans studies and the trans community in the United States.--BOOK JACKET.
- Contents:
- Intro
- CONTENTS
- Prologue vii
- Chapter 1. An Introduction to Transgender Terms and Concepts 1
- Chapter 2. A Hundred Years of Transgender History 31
- Chapter 3. Transgender Liberation 59
- Chapter 4. The Difficult Decades 91
- Chapter 5. The Current Wave 121
- Reader's Guide 155
- Further Reading and Resources 158
- Sources 165
- Index 175
- Acknowledgments 185
- About the Author 186.
- ISBN:
- 9780786741366
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