Transgender History - (Seal Studies) 2nd Edition by Susan Stryker (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"A timely second edition of the classic text on transgender history, with a new introduction and updated material throughout"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Covering American transgender history from the mid-twentieth century to today, <i>Transgender History</i> takes a chronological approach to the subject of transgender history, with each chapter covering major movements, writings, and events. Chapters cover the transsexual and transvestite communities in the years following World War II; trans radicalism and social change, which spanned from 1966 with the publication of <i>The Transsexual Phenomenon, </i> and lasted through the early 1970s; the mid-'70s to 1990-the era of identity politics and the changes witnessed in trans circles through these years; and the gender issues witnessed through the '90s and '00s. <p/><i>Transgender History</i> includes informative sidebars highlighting quotes from major texts and speeches in transgender history and brief biographies of key players, plus excerpts from transgender memoirs and discussion of treatments of transgenderism in popular culture.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>An invaluable text for anyone who wants to better understand evolving concepts of gender. Essential.--<i><b>CHOICE</b></i><br><br>Ground-breaking and all-around excellent--<i><b>Autostraddle</b></i><br><br>This timely and relevant book should be required reading.--<i><b>Portland Book Review</b></i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Susan Stryker</b> is Associate Professor of Gender and Women's Studies, as well as the former director of the Institute for LGBT Studies at the University of Arizona. She is the author of many articles and several books on transgender and queer topics. She won a Lambda Literary Award for the anthology <i>The Transgender Studies Reader</i> (Routledge), and an Emmy Award for the documentary film <i>Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria</i> (Frameline/ITVS).
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