Casa Susanna: The Story of the First Trans Network in the United States, 1959-1968

Bonnet, Isabelle/ Hackett, Sophie/ Stryker, Susan (Introduction by)

ISBN 10: 0500297908 / ISBN 13: 9780500297902

Editore: Thames & Hudson, 2024

Codice articolo 9780500297902

Riassunto:

In the 1950s and '60s, an underground network of transgender women, gender nonconforming people, and men who dressed as women found refuge at a modest house in the Catskills, New York. Known as Casa Susanna, the house provided a safe place to express their true selves and live for a few days as they had always dreamed—dressed as and living as women without fear of being incarcerated or institutionalized for their self-expression.Casa SusannaTransvestiaThe people who came to Casa Susanna found a space where they could explore and celebrate their own and each other’s femininity, as they could not elsewhere. Their creations are also a reminder that there were, and still are, many ways to explore the boundaries of gender.

Informazioni sull'autore: Isabelle Bonnet is an independent curator, currently completing a thesis in history/visual culture devoted to the crime scene in contemporary photography. Sophie Hackett is the Curator, Photography at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto. Susan Stryker is professor of gender and women’s studies at the University of Arizona.

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Titolo: Casa Susanna: The Story of the First Trans ...
Casa editrice: Thames & Hudson
Data di pubblicazione: 2024
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: New