Beskrivelse
Before We Were Trans explores the diverse and complex histories of gender across cultures and time periods. It challenges the common narratives that often frame trans experiences as recent, binary, and medicalised.
A fresh perspective on gender history that embraces fluidity and challenges conventional categories.
This book uncovers a rich tapestry of gender expressions worldwide, highlighting stories that don’t fit into neat, stable, or binary identities. Rather than offering a definitive account, it blends culture, feminism, and politics to expand our understanding of trans history.
From Renaissance Venice to seventeenth-century Angola, Edo Japan to North America, these narratives resist easy conclusions and challenge modern Western labels-including the very term "trans." Filled with ambiguity, these accounts reflect the complexity of gender beyond stereotypes and medical frameworks.
Before We Were Trans celebrates the fluid, messy, and multifaceted nature of gender, providing a history that resonates more authentically with contemporary trans experiences than any previous work.
Yderligere information
| Forfatter(e) | Kit Heyam |
|---|---|
| Kategori | Bøger |
| Genre(r) | Samfund Og Historie |
| Forlag | Basic Books |
| Udgivelsesdato | Er udgivet |
| Sprog | Engelsk |
| ISBN-13 | 9781529377767 |
| ISBN-10 | 1529377765 |
| Indbinding | Paperback |
| Sidetal | 352 |
| Tags | Transvestit, Transvestite, Transperson, Lgbtq, Lgbtqia, Nonbinær, Nonbinary, Woke, Fluid, Queer, Lgbt, Lgbtq, Before We Were Trans: A New History Of Gender, Bøger, Bog |
| GPSR | Produktsikkerhed |
