{"product_id":"trans-america-a-counter-history-hardback-9781509511785","title":"Trans America; A Counter-History (Hardback) 9781509511785","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTrans America\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Counter-History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBarry Reay (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509511785, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 22 May 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3 cm, 0.612 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘\u003ci\u003eTrans America\u003c\/i\u003e 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”.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJuliet Jacques, author of \u003ci\u003eTrans: A Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘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.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFayette Hauser of The Cockettes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘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.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeffrey Weeks, London South Bank University\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘This book is of very high quality. Reay is a major scholar in the field and writes with great authority and assurance.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Laqueur, University of California at Berkeley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘\u003ci\u003eTrans America\u003c\/i\u003e 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.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEric Plemons, \u003ci\u003eSocial History of Medicine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e‘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.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHistory Australia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrans 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? \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBarry 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArguing for the complexity of a trans past and present,\u003ci\u003e Trans America \u003c\/i\u003ewill be a groundbreaking work for the trans community, as well as anyone interested in the history of medicine, sexuality, psychology and psychiatry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1 Before Trans\u003cbr\u003e 2 The Transsexual Moment\u003cbr\u003e 3 Blurring the Boundaries\u003cbr\u003e 4 Backlash\u003cbr\u003e 5 The Transgender Turn\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNotes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441782812952,"sku":"9781509511785","price":34.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509511785.jpg?v=1785024818","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/trans-america-a-counter-history-hardback-9781509511785","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}