The Testosterone Files: My Hormonal and Social Transformation from Female to Male

Valerio, Max Wolf

ISBN 10: 1580051731 / ISBN 13: 9781580051736

Editore: Seal Press, 2006

The book has been read but is in good condition. It has very minimal damage to the cover, including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. The binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins. There are no missing pages. See the seller's listing for full details and a description of any imperfections. Codice articolo WMEKV.1580051731.G

Riassunto:

<p>Max Wolf Valerio crafts a raw, gripping, and poetic account of life before, during, and after injecting testosterone. Valerio&#39;s detailed observations about a lesbian transitioning from female to a heterosexual male highlights the physical and emotional differences between women and men, and alternately challenges and confirms readers&#39; assumptions about gender.</p><p>Valerio presents his story in three parts: the height of his transition, in which he witnesses his own increased energy and sex drive while struggling with gaining confidence in his male self and bearing witness to his own demise as a woman; life before testosterone, when as Anita, a self-identified lesbian out for fourteen years, he confronts startling moments of awareness of a deeper, earlier dream of who he really is; and life after testosterone, when the experience of living in the world as a man is at once a homecoming and a confirmation that male behavior is at least partly rooted in biology.&#160;</p><p><i>The Testosterone Files</i> addresses the most fundamental issues of transitioning, from buying men&#39;s underwear to choosing a male name, as well as the profound subjects of male privilege, physical power, and existing as a male who was once distrustful and critical of men&#39;s intentions.&#160;</p><p>Valerio&#39;s honest and forthcoming opinions on gender, identity, and self-perception comprise the core of this intensely personal and absorbing narrative which grapples with the tough and complex issues that emerge in a world whose assumptions about gender binaries are being increasingly challenged as more people openly self-define across the gender spectrum.</p>

Informazioni sull'autore: <div><strong>Max Wolf Valerio</strong> is a trans man, and a mixed Blackfoot/Sephardic poet, performer, and writer. He has appeared in a number of documentaries, including the Max short in Monika Treut's <em>Female Misbehavior</em>. He featured in several feature films, including <em>Unhung Heroes</em>, in which he plays a pansexual artistic transman who dreams of exhibiting sculptures of his penis, and <em>Gendernauts</em>. Valerio's writing has been published in <em>This Bridge Called My Back</em> (pre-transition under his former name, Anita Valerio), <em>This Bridge We Call Home, Male Lust: Pleasure, Power, and Transformation, Transgender Care, Body Alchemy</em>, and <em>The Phallus Palace</em>.</div>

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Titolo: The Testosterone Files: My Hormonal and ...
Casa editrice: Seal Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2006
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: good