TY  - GEN
TY  - GEN
T1  - Before trans : three gender stories from nineteenth-century France
A1  - Mesch, Rachel, kirjoittaja
LA  - eng
PP  - Stanford, California
PB  - Stanford University Press
YR  - 2020
UL  - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/Record/fikka.5500556
AB  - "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 (1845-1912), and novelist and playwright Rachilde (1860-1953) defied the available terms for women who challenged gender norms. The book uses the contemporary lens of transgender to examine the fascinating and very different life stories of these overlooked historical figures, while introducing us to their writing and photography"--
SN  - 9781503606739 kovakantinen
KW  - Dieulafoy, Jane, : 1851-1916.
KW  - Rachilde, : 1860-1953.
KW  - Montifaud, Marc de, : 1845-1912.
KW  - Transgender men : France : Biography.
KW  - Authors, French : 19th century : Biography.
KW  - Gender identity : France : History : 19th century.
ER  -