

It brings together 50 previously published articles that track both the history and the current directions in the interdisciplinary field of transgender studies.


This is a book that’s as big as it is rich. Today I interview Susan Stryker and Dylan McCarthy Blackston about The Transgender Studies Reader Remix (Routledge, 2023). First-person narratives from transgender memoirs are excerpted and treatments of transgenderism in popular culture are also discussed."-Publisher's description.Hello, this is Eric LeMay, a host on the New Books Network. Sidebars highlight quotes from major texts and speeches in transgender history, and others will feature brief biographies of key players. Chapters 4 and 5 are broken into the gender issues witnessed through the '90s and '00s, respectively. Chapter 3 focuses on the mid-'70s to 1990-the era of identity politics and the changes witnessed in trans circles through these years. Chapter 2 addresses trans radicalism and social change, which spanned from 1966 with the publication of The Transsexual Phenomenon, and lasted through the early 1970s. Chapter 1 covers the transsexual and transvestite communities in the years following World War II. Transgender History takes a chronological approach to the subject of transgender history, with each chapter covering major movements, writings, and events. "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. Object Details author Stryker, Susan Contents An introduction to transgender terms and concepts - A hundred years of transgender history - Transgender liberation - The difficult decades - The current wave Summary From the Publisher: Transgender History covers American transgender history from the mid-twentieth century to today. Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, African Art.
