Transgender warriors : making history from Joan of Arc to RuPaul /
Feinberg examines use of language, perceptions of the body, the status of clothing, and the structures of societies that welcome or are threatened by gender variance, uncovering persuasive evidence that there have always been people who crossed the cultural boundaries of gender. The portrait gallery...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston :
Beacon Press,
[1996]
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| Summary: | Feinberg examines use of language, perceptions of the body, the status of clothing, and the structures of societies that welcome or are threatened by gender variance, uncovering persuasive evidence that there have always been people who crossed the cultural boundaries of gender. The portrait gallery that closes the book contains photographs and capsule biographies of contemporary transgendered people. |
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| Item Description: | The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture. |
| Physical Description: | xvii, 212 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-197) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0807079405 9780807079409 |