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Author Mesch, Rachel, author.

Title Before trans : three gender stories from nineteenth-century France / Rachel Mesch
Published Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2020]
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Description 1 online resource (351 pages) : illustrations
Contents Jane Dieulafoy : masculinity for God and country -- Rachilde : "To be strange or nothing at all" -- Marc de Montifaud : "I am me"
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Dieulafoy, Jane, 1851-1916.
Rachilde, 1860-1953.
Montifaud, Marc de, 1845-1912.
SUBJECT Dieulafoy, Jane, 1851-1916 fast
Rachilde, 1860-1953 fast
Montifaud, Marc de, 1845-1912 fast
Subject Transgender men -- France -- Biography
Authors, French -- 19th century -- Biography
Gender identity -- France -- History -- 19th century
Transgender men -- Biography
Authors, French
Gender identity
Transgender men
France
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019040802
ISBN 9781503612358
150361235X