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Transgender History (Seal Studies) |  | Author: Susan Stryker
Publisher: Seal Press
Category: Book
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Pages: 208
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Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.3 x 0.6
ISBN: 158005224X
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.768
EAN: 9781580052245
ASIN: 158005224X
Publication Date: May 6, 2008
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Product Description
Covering American transgender history from the mid-twentieth century to today, Transgender History 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 The Transsexual Phenomenon, 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.
Transgender History 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.
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In love! August 7, 2010
Eternal
This book is a great read! It will also really help you on any Trans papers you may be doing for school!
Looking at History December 11, 2009
Amos Lassen (Little Rock, Arkansas)
Stryker, Susan. "Transgender History", Seals Press, 2008.
Looking at History
Amos Lassen
Susan Stryker gives us a book with lots of general information about transgender history. She begins her study mid-twentieth century and then takes us chronically and divides her book into chapters. Each chapter looks at major movements, events and writings of importance to transgender history. This is an excellent introduction to the area and we learn about so much that I am sure many of us had no idea of. The book is only 153 pages long but that does not mean there is not much transgender history. Rather there is a great deal of history stuffed into a small number of pages. Basically this is just a first step and it is valuable as such. The first chapter gives us an introduction to transgender concerns and concepts and is very rich in information. From this chapter we get an excellent understanding of the issue.
The second chapter covers an entire century of history and Stryker has done a wonderful job here. Other chapters include other major points along the road and the book is just wonderful in what it does,
Support transgender liberation! October 29, 2009
wildflowerboy (planet earth)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
For readers interested in contemporary transgender history in the United States, this short and sweet book is an excellent introduction to the topic, covering all of the major political struggles, victories, backlash, and debates from the years just following World War II to the present day. In this book, you'll learn about important but little known transgender protests such as the riots outside Cooper's Donuts in LA in 1959, Dewey's lunch counter in Philadelphia in 1965, and the Compton's Cafeteria in San Francisco in 1966, as well as the famous Stonewall Riots of 1968. Along the way, we meet transgender activists like Sylvia Rivera, Marsha P. Johnson, Leslie Feinberg, Dean Spade, Imani Henry, Riki Wilchins, Lou Sullivan, Kate Bornstein, Beth Elliott, and many others, and political organizations like S.T.A.R., Transexual Menace, and the Queens' Liberation Front. In addition, Susan Stryker explores the transgender movement's relationship to feminism and gay and lesbian activism, discussing subjects like feminist transphobia amongst second-wave feminists, third-wave feminist inclusion, the impact of queer theory on the transgender movement, and the genderqueer phenomenon. Thank you Susan Stryker for this wonderful celebration of transgender history. It was both a joy to read and very educational!
Yay for Seal Press and Susan Stryker! October 15, 2009
JVS (USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Just when it seems like more and more publishers are publishing fewer and fewer books, and even less and less queer titles, Seal Press persists---thank goodness!!
Having had the chance on a few occasions to hear Stryker speak at various events, and being familiar with other work of hers, I wasn't surprised by her ability to engage me as a reader, or by the overall readability of Transgender History.
True, when you cram "history" (trans or not) into 153 pages, there are several things that you can focus on, and many other things you cannot. But, as primer/introductory text, Transgender History has a lot to offer.
People will certainly be drawn to the first chapter, "An Introduction to Transgender Terms and Concepts." While I am much more hesitant to provide my students with readings that present a list of terms and definitions (preferring instead that they encounter them in context, often in contradictory contexts that reveal their nuances), a general reading public will certainly appreciate the way in which Stryker is able to succinctly give them a working understanding of so many terms.
The second chapter, "A Hundred Years of Transgender History" is an amazing condensation of a lot of information. I have previously encountered much of the information that Stryker presents, but to have it all gathered here and in less than thirty pages is a feat! I particularly appreciated Stryker's attention to the ways in which medical science (and legislation over it) has increasingly played a central role in our everyday lives.
Chapter 4, "The Difficult Decades" highlights Transgender History's usefulness for contemporary Women's Studies and Gender Studies courses.
Most importantly, throughout the book there is a strong focus on critically analyzing the role of state policies and institutions in controlling those who go against social norms. At times, these moments may be too subtle for novice readers, but the book definitely has a lot to offer.
Well done! January 8, 2009
Sandra Allen (Denver, CO)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Written well for general information as well as utilizing it in the classroom. It is a very good resource for basic understanding. Wish that they had printed the material in a larger print format for the book.
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