Overview
- Makes available the personal diary of an important figure in trans history with a critical analysis of gender/queer/trans theory
- Introduces several theories of gender, sexuality, and embodiment in an accessible way
- Carries out original phenomenological analyses, in the theoretical part of the book
Part of the book series: Crossroads of Knowledge (CROKNOW)
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About this book
This book highlights the intersection between theory and lived experience, academic description and the personal narrative of Lou Sullivan. Sullivan puzzled in his diaries over the conundrum of his desire to transition from female to male in order to be a gay man. The reader will follow Sullivan as he struggles with his feelings of maleness, in his troubled relationship with his lover, Tom, through his many sexual escapades, and finally, as he begins taking hormones. Alongside the diaries is an engagement with body and gender theories, accessible to the introductory reader, yet also taking up current debates especially in transgender studies.Â
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Lou Sullivan Diaries (1970-1980) and Theories of Sexual Embodiment
Book Subtitle: Making Sense of Sensing
Authors: Lanei M. Rodemeyer
Series Title: Crossroads of Knowledge
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63034-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-63033-5Published: 15 September 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87459-3Published: 22 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-63034-2Published: 05 September 2017
Series ISSN: 2197-9634
Series E-ISSN: 2197-9642
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 237
Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations
Topics: Gender and Sexuality, Gender Studies, Phenomenology, Cultural Heritage, Queer Theory