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Trans America - by Barry Reay (Paperback)

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  • Trans seems to be everywhere in American culture.
  • About the Author: Barry Reay is Professor Emeritus of History and former Keith Sinclair Chair at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
  • 256 Pages
  • Science, History

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About the Book



"A history of trans before the "trans moment"--



Book Synopsis



Trans seems to be everywhere in American culture. Yet there is little understanding of how this came about. Are people aware that there were earlier periods of gender flexibility and contestability in American history? How well known is it that a previous period of trans visibility in the 1960s and early 1970s faced a vehement backlash right at the time that trans, in the form of what was then termed transvestism and transsexuality, seemed to be so ascendant? Was there transness before transsexuality was named in the 1950s and transgender emerged in the 1990s?

Barry Reay explores this history: from a time before trans in the nineteenth century to the transsexual moment of the 1960s and 1970s, the transgender turn of the 1990s, and the so-called tipping point of current culture. It is a rich and varied history, where same-sex desires and identities, cross-dressing, and transsexual and transgender identities jostled for recognition. It is a history that is not at all flattering to US psychiatric and surgical practices.

Arguing for the complexity of a trans past and present, Trans America will be a groundbreaking work for the trans community, as well as anyone interested in the history of medicine, sexuality, psychology and psychiatry.



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'Trans America places the recent conversation about trans issues in its historical context, in impressive depth. Sweeping across the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Barry Reay provides an accessible yet comprehensive guide to the important people, places and trends, in the USA and beyond - ideal for anyone who wants to understand what came before the "Transgender Tipping Point".'
Juliet Jacques, author of Trans: A Memoir

'The richly varied nature of the current trans movement is so beautifully explored and uncovered in Barry Reay's new book. A pleasure to read.'
Fayette Hauser of The Cockettes

'This is an admirable contribution to trans history by a highly respected scholar. It is a story of shifting categorizations, often highly medicalized and limiting, but above all a narrative of agency as trans people pushed definitions to the limit, bent them, and broke them and increasingly spoke for themselves in a powerful, if not always singular, voice. It's a major achievement and deserves to become a classic.'
Jeffrey Weeks, London South Bank University

'This book is of very high quality. Reay is a major scholar in the field and writes with great authority and assurance.'
Thomas Laqueur, University of California at Berkeley

'Trans America is a thoughtfully written and impressively researched treasure trove of resources for those interested in understanding the history of transgender people and ideas in the USA.'
Eric Plemons, Social History of Medicine

'Barry Reay is an innovative historian of sexuality with a special talent for finding 'sex in the archives'... Reay is also a sharp and vivid writer, frequently hitting that sweet spot between scholarly rigour and mainstream accessibility.'
History Australia




About the Author



Barry Reay is Professor Emeritus of History and former Keith Sinclair Chair at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. A leading historian of the social and cultural history of sex and gender, his books include the Polity publications Sex Before Sexuality and Sex Addiction: A Critical History.
Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x 1.0 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.14 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: History
Genre: Science
Number of Pages: 256
Publisher: Polity Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Barry Reay
Language: English
Street Date: July 7, 2020
TCIN: 1002821952
UPC: 9781509511792
Item Number (DPCI): 247-41-5896
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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