Trans Histories of the Medieval Book : An Experiment in Bibliography /
Archival collections are political spaces: the decisions that govern whose histories are preserved, when, and by whom are not neutral. They reflect the communities that make them. For most of western history queer, trans, and gender non-conforming people were excluded from such communities. Premoder...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English. |
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Leeds
ARC Humanities Press,
[2025]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Archival collections are political spaces: the decisions that govern whose histories are preserved, when, and by whom are not neutral. They reflect the communities that make them. For most of western history queer, trans, and gender non-conforming people were excluded from such communities. Premodern trans experiences went largely unreported and reconstructing such histories relies on the piecing together of ephemeral glimpses. Literary scholars developed tactics and tools to read through the traces, with hugely generative results that highlight the richness of non-normative premodern genders. But how do we move beyond the limits of the trace to uncover a more expansive history of premodern gender non-conformity? This book takes a methodological approach to the question. An experiment in applying trans approaches to the study of the premodern book offers alternatives both for trans histories and for book historical methods. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 9781802703894 1802703896 |