Before we were trans : a new history of gender
Record details
- ISBN: 9781541603080
- ISBN: 1541603109
- ISBN: 9781541603103
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Physical Description:
1 online resource
remote - Edition: First US edition.
- Publisher: New York : Seal Press, [2022]
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Originally published in Great Britain in 2022 by John Murray (Publishers), Basic Books UK"--Verso of title page. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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Genre: | History. History |