Wrongly bodied : documenting transition from female to male / Clarissa Sligh.
| Author/creator | Sligh, Clarissa T. author, book artist. |
| Other author | Sligh, Clarissa T., autographer. |
| Other author | Leeway Foundation, publisher. |
| Other author | Blue Ridge Printing, printer. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication | Philadelphia, PA : Leeway Foundation, [2009] |
| Copyright Date | ©2009 |
| Description | 159 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 20 cm |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Documenting transition from female to male |
| Contents | Jake in transition from female to male -- Ellen and William Craft's escape from slavery -- Jake's transition time line -- Jake's support group (March 28, 1999) -- Essays. Jake in transition from female to male series, or, Through the mirror and what Clarissa found there / by Carla Williams -- Women in transitition (from female to male) (translated from Italian) / by Silvia Roncucci -- Afterword: How I met Jake / by Clarissa Sligh. |
| Summary | "Wrongly Bodied narratives a female to male transition that acquires even greater poignancy when contextualized alongside reflections on cross-dressing and racial passing as necessary strategies for survival. Juxtaposed with an epic narrative of African-American self-fashioning, the textured portraits of Jake, his partners, and his support group bring sharply into view the uses of embodiment in the quest for freedom and fulfillment. ... Clarissa Sligh examines this culture's greatest persistent taboos--gender, race and identity. Historic heroism is melded with contemporary chutzpah, likening external enslavement with internal entrapment, all woven together. Wrongly Bodied is a long overdue critical and artistic investigation of self-determination, free will, identity politics, and the role of the artist."--Back cover. |
| Local note | Joyner Rare Artist's Book copy includes autograph of author on title page.f |
| General note | "Wrongly Bodied came out of photographing Jacob McBee in transition from female to male and William Craft's book, Running a thousand miles for freedom, first published in London in 1860 by William Tweedie, twelve years after Ellen and William Craft's escape from Georgia."--Page 8. |
| General note | "The narratives are based on interviews conducted by Clarissa Sligh and on William Craft's Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom: The Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Slavery published in 1860."--Page 4. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (page 158). |
| Acquisitions source | Joyner Rare Artist's Books purchased from Minnesota CBA 10/4/21 |
| Genre/form | Artists' books. |
| Genre/form | Artists' books Pennsylvania 2009. |
| Genre/form | Artists' books. |
| LCCN | 2010280667 |
| ISBN | 9781607439325 |
| ISBN | 1607439328 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | Rare Artist's Book Collection | N7433.4.S55 W76 2009 | ✔ Available | Request Material |