Visibility in the transgender community and trans studies has increased in the last decade. Conversations around trans history and memory have often been focused on historical individuals or capturing descriptions of memorable events. There have been few conversations that look at how those histories are shared down and through the trans community. This book uses the events related to the Compton’s Cafeteria Riots and the subsequent creation of the Trans Cultural District in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighbourhood as focal point as remembered through the eyes of six trans artists and activists and then expanding that reach into the archival and artistic practices across the US, Mexico, and Canada. Redefining trans practice and trans ethos can challenge, create, and reinterpret public memorialization. In doing so, notions what collective memory and public history are transform how we understand and envision the lived experiences trans people today.
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Preface
Acknowledgements
Figures
Introduction: Memories Are an Archive of Feelings
1 Talking Transness
1 Trans Narratives by Trans People
2 Critical Trauma, Necropolitics, and Trans Experience
3 Trans Lines of Memory
4 Sharing Trauma, Sharing Resources
1 Psst … Have You Heard About … ?
2 The Internet of Trans
5 Education, Art, and Activism
6 Is the Download Complete? Transmitting Trans Memory
1 History, Memory, and Identity
2 Is It Doomed to Repeat?
3 Sometimes It’s a Crossroad, Sometimes It’s an Overpass
7 Trans-ing Public Place
1 Give Us Our Roses
8 Continuing the Collection
1 Trans-iana Jones and the Temple of Trans Memory
2 Becoming the Trancestors We Need
References
Index
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9789004734319
Publisert
2025
Utgiver
Brill; Brill
Vekt
307 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Dybde
12 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
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