{"product_id":"before-we-were-trans-kit-heyam-9781541603080","title":"Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender","description":"\u003cb\u003eA groundbreaking global history of gender nonconformity  \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eToday's narratives about trans people tend to feature individuals with stable gender identities that fit neatly into the categories of male or female. Those stories, while important, fail to account for the complex realities of many trans people's lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBefore We Were Trans\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the stories of people across the globe, from antiquity to the present, whose experiences of gender have defied binary categories. Blending historical analysis with sharp cultural criticism, trans historian and activist Kit Heyam offers a new, radically inclusive trans history, chronicling expressions of trans experience that are often overlooked, like gender-nonconforming fashion and wartime stage performance. \u003ci\u003eBefore We Were Trans\u003c\/i\u003e transports us from Renaissance Venice to seventeenth-century Angola, from Edo Japan to early America, and looks to the past to uncover new horizons for possible trans futures. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kit Heyam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1541603087\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781541603080\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seal Press (CA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/13\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/16\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2023","brand":"Kit Heyam","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44057130402047,"sku":"9781541603080","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f94b140c-04dc-428a-9e92-ac23bb5fbe86.jpg?v=1685045208","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/before-we-were-trans-kit-heyam-9781541603080","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}