Before trans : three gender stories from nineteenth-century France / Rachel Mesch.
Before trans : three gender stories from nineteenth-century France / Rachel Mesch.
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Publisher
Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2020]
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G 2021/0984 , G 2020/5700
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Language
English
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Physical content
351 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Jane Dieulafoy : masculinity for God & country --
Rachilde : "To be strange or nothing at all" --
Marc de Montifaud : "I am me".
Publication information
Publisher
Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2020]
Place of Publication
California
Date Published
[2020]
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Summary
"This biographical study of three late nineteenth-century French writers looks at how transgender identities were expressed and understood before the modern category of transgender existed. At once construed as oddities and celebrated for their accomplishments, archaeologist and explorer Jane Dieulafoy (1851-1916), art critic Marc de Montifaud (184...
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Before trans : three gender stories from nineteenth-century France / Rachel Mesch.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-333) and index.
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©2020
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G 2021/0984 , G 2020/5700
Record Identifier
74VKadkWaedl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKadkWaedl
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ISBN
1503606732
9781503606739
DDC
306.768092
MMS ID
991024321719202626