LaFleur, Greta
Trans Historical: Gender - Plurality Before the Modern
- ISBN 13:
- 9781501759505
- author:
- LaFleur, Greta
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2021
- Pages:
- 402
- Dimensions:
- 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- History, Medieval, Fiction & Literature,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Trans Historical Gender Plurality Before the Modern explores the diverse gender experiences that existed before the modern era. This collection of essays examines archives from literary texts, trial transcripts, documents, and artifacts to challenge traditional views of transgender identities as non-existent prior to the twentieth century. The volume focuses on how individuals, communities, and states understood and enacted gender as a social experience distinct from the assignment of sex at birth. By analyzing these historical perspectives, scholars can gain insights into what gender might have been before modern medicine, anatomical sciences, and the sedimentation of gender difference into its putatively binary form. Through a multidisciplinary approach, Trans Historical offers a nuanced understanding of how gender nonconformity was perceived and addressed in medieval and early modern periods.
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