- Taschenbuch: 240 Seiten
- Verlag: Beacon Press; Auflage: None. (30. Juni 1997)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0807079413
- ISBN-13: 978-0807079416
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 16,5 x 1,5 x 26,6 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 3.0 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (11 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 230.071 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
Produktinformation |
Mehr über den Autor
Entdecken Sie Bücher, lesen Sie über Autoren und mehr
› Besuchen Sie die Seite von Leslie Feinberg auf Amazon
› Besuchen Sie die Seite von Leslie Feinberg auf Amazon
Produktbeschreibungen
Amazon.com
Leslie Feinberg has been a leader in the transgender rights movement as long as such a movement has existed. This book is both deeply personal and widely researched. Feinberg examines perceptions of the body, the status of clothing, and the structures of societies that welcome or are threatened by gender variance. The portrait gallery that closes the book contains photographs and capsule biographies of contemporary transgendered people.
-- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
From Booklist
The question "Are you a guy or a gal?" may not be simple to answer. Using the term transgender to designate those who discard sex assignments made at birth and bridge or blur the boundaries of gender expression set by the dominant culture, Feinberg traces the history of cross-dressing to make political protests, to flee to freedom, to entertain as drag queens, and, most recently, to be transgendered parents. Hers is not an exhaustive history but an overview of the interrelationship of class, nationality, race, sexuality, and desire. She brings the Amazons, ancient Rome's increasing inequality of the sexes, trangender religious experience, Joan of Arc, female-passing-as-male jazz musician Billy Tipton, the concept of passing, and much more into her survey, producing a literally fascinating book that she makes useful, too, with appendixes, including an "International Bill of Gender Rights," and annotated lists of transgender organizations and publications. Whitney Scott
-- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
Welche anderen Artikel kaufen Kunden, nachdem sie diesen Artikel angesehen haben?
Tags(Was ist das?)Bei einem Tag handelt es sich um ein Schlagwort, das zum Produkt passt.
Tags erleichtern allen Kunden die Suche und die Sortierung ihrer Lieblingsprodukte. |
Eine digitale Version dieses Buchs im Kindle-Shop verkaufen
Wenn Sie ein Verleger oder Autor sind und die digitalen Rechte an einem Buch haben, können Sie die digitale Version des Buchs in unserem Kindle-Shop verkaufen.
Weitere Informationen
Kundenrezensionen
Die hilfreichsten Kundenrezensionen
1 von 1 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
Format:Taschenbuch
I'm a 20-year-old female-to-male transsexual. Five years ago, I didn't even know other people like me existed. Now, thanks to this book, I know people like me have been around as long as human beings from the more ordinary walks of life.
You might think that being transsexual, I'd be pretty open-minded, but I must confess that this book really got me thinking about my own chosen gender and what exactly I want do with my transsexuality. Do I want to blend in with all the genetic XY guys after all, leaving no trace of my 'abnormal' gender? Do I really care if people know I don't have a penis? Must I be 100% male 100% of the time? And what is 'male' anyway?
Leslie presents a very personal history of transgenderism. Hir short autobiography echoes that of the many people who don't fit into the male OR female ONLY roles society has pushed us into over the centuries. Being transgendered, I could really emphasise with hir life story, and that of all the other trans* people who have a part in this book.
I'd recommend this book not only to other trans* people, but anyone who is interested in something else other than the traditional gender roles we are given. This is such a different prism to look at history and gender through. I want to major in History now. ::grin::
Format:Taschenbuch
Leslie Feinberg has written a well put together synthesis ofinteresting theories, some of which are self-generated. TRANSGENDERWARRIORS tells a story of human history as a tale of androgeny in which all men/women acted in concert and cooperation to solve all of life's problems until the rise of capitalism and patriarchy. When these two "evils" arose, they divided people against themselves by class and gender. Feinberg shows a smattering of knowledge of history but much of her book is feminist and genderist rhetoric. It is also a personal cry of outrage at how many people still treat those who are different and those who lack power. As a work of history it appears to fall short. As a personal statement, as an expression of FEELING of the author's pain and longing for justice it hits the mark. As the webmaster of a transgender website I looked forward to reading the book. I found it interesting more from a human point of view than from a particularistic self-interest group view. The biographical sections of the book were moving. I found Feinberg's "solutions" to the social problems of alternate lifestyle people somewhat sophmoric. END
Format:Taschenbuch
This is a profoundly dishonest book, not only on the subject of Joan of Arc, as seems to have been covered in detail by another review, but also on other topics in which a similar lack of research - and therefore a lack of detailed knowledge - has produced speculation and outright invention. It is another case in which an author gathers a few convenient half-truths and spins them into a story that suits their purpose while ignoring the objective evidence. Unfortunately, such sloppy intellectual habits have become all too common.
Möchten Sie weitere Rezensionen zu diesem Artikel anzeigen?
Waren diese Rezensionen hilfreich?
Wir wollen von Ihnen hören.
Die neuesten Kundenrezensionen
Fluff, not history
As someone who has researched the original documents and is currently translating one of the Latin copies of the trial transcript, I can only view this book as a farce. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 29. November 1999 veröffentlicht
A truly liberated look at trans issues across history/politi
Leslie Feinberg balances the immediate/personal with the historical/community in this (marxist) analysis of trans issues. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 1. Oktober 1999 veröffentlicht
Feinberg Dusts Off Our Transgendered Past
Those interested in transgenderism have long been teased by all-too-brief descriptions of its existence in times past. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 19. September 1999 veröffentlicht
History
Thanks to Amazon turning 3 crowns in 1 I'm sending this to countaract - hmmm...
Am 3. September 1999 veröffentlicht
History
Ref: Reader from USA, 23 July 99: Sorry, haven't read all the books avail on Joan of Arc yet, but so far she put her clothes (male, if you so wish) back on in prison although they... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 30. August 1999 veröffentlicht
More myths....
While Dennis Rodman certainly qualifies as "transgendered", Joan of Arc certainly does not: her own statements (as listed in the record of the trial in 1431 and as quoted... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 24. Juli 1999 veröffentlicht
Panoramic Sweep on Transgender Issues
As a committed dialogue-oriented queer theorist and socialist, I value any contributions from new voices in social theory. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 3. April 1999 von cwyoung@massey.ac.nz
A more dialectical approach to transgender liberation
Amidst all the sound and fury about transgendenderiam and identity politics in contemporary discourse, Feinberg's book is a welcome perspective. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 5. Oktober 1997 von spike@antioch-college.edu
Kunden diskutieren
|
Das Forum zu diesem Produkt
Fragen stellen, Meinungen austauschen, Einblicke gewinnen Aktive Diskussionen in ähnlichen Foren
Kundendiskussionen durchsuchen
|
Ähnliche Foren
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lieblingslisten
Ähnliche Artikel finden
Anhand des Sachgebietes nach ähnlichen Produkten suchen:
Ihr Kommentar
Möchten Sie die Produktinformationen aktualisieren oder Feedback zu den Produktabbildungen geben?
|
