Introduction to transgender studies /

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Author / Creator:	Haefele-Thomas, Ardel, author.
Imprint:	New York, NY, USA : Harrington Park Press, [2019] ©2019
Description:	1 online resource (xxix, 477 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Gender nonconformity -- Study and teaching. Transsexualism. Transgender people. Transsexuals. Transgender people. Transsexualism. Transsexuals.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12283089

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Other authors / contributors:	Combs, Thatcher, contributor. Rains, Cameron, illustrator. Stryker, Susan, writer of foreword. Clifford, Jo, 1950- writer of introduction.
ISBN:	9781939594280 1939594286 9781939594273 1939594278
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from digital title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed December 13, 2019).
Summary:	This is the first introductory text/reader for trans, transgender, or trans* studies at all levels, from first year to graduate coursework. It can be used in programs and courses ranging from major courses to electives in LGBT/queer studies, feminist/gender studies, and other allied disciplines. "This is the first introductory textbook intended for transgender/trans studies at the undergraduate level. The book can also be used for related courses in LGBTQ, queer, and gender/feminist studies. It encompasses and connects global contexts, intersecting identities, historic and contemporary issues, literature, history, politics, art, and culture."--Provided by publisher.
Other form:	Print version: Haefele-Thomas, Ardel. Introduction to transgender studies. New York, NY : Harrington Park Press, [2019] 9781939594273

Table of Contents:

Sex and gender: stories and definitions
Sexual orientation: stories and definitions
Modern sexology: the science of objectification, or the science of empowerment?
Direct action, collective histories, and collective activism: what a riot!
Navigating binary spaces: bathrooms, schools, sports
navigating government documents, work, and healthcare: I'll need to see some I.D. with that
Global gender diversity throughout the ages: we have always been with you
Four historical figures who cross-dressed: the adventurer, the ambassador, the surgeon, and the seamstress
Cross-dressing and political protest: parasols and pitchforks
Gender diversity in artifacts, art, icons, and legends from antiquity to the Middle Ages: classically trans
Trans literature, performing arts, music, and visual arts: the art of resistance, the art of empowerment
The importance of archives: hearing our own voices.

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