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Before trans : three gender stories from nineteenth-century France / Rachel Mesch.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, (c)2020.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781503612358
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • HQ77 .B446 2020
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
Rachilde : "To be strange or nothing at all" -- Marc de Montifaud : "I am me".
Subject: "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"--
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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE Non-fiction HQ77.7 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available on1119978342

Includes bibliographies and index.

Jane Dieulafoy : masculinity for God and country -- Rachilde : "To be strange or nothing at all" -- Marc de Montifaud : "I am me".

"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"--

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