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The Two Revolutions: A History of the Transgender Internet

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Availability:In StockContributor:Avery Dame-GriffSeries:Queer / Trans / Digital #1Publish date:2023-08-01Pages:272
Language:EnglishPublisher:New York University PressISBN-13:9781479818303ISBN-10:1479818305UPC:9781479818303Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:LGBTQ+ Studies, Media StudiesBook Topic:Transgender StudiesSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.75 inchesWeight:1.1905Product ID:SCYAND17BY

The internet origins of the American transgender movement

The Two Revolutions explores how the rise of the internet shaped transgender identity and activism from the 1980s to the present. Through extensive archival research and media archeology, Avery Dame-Griff reconstructs the manifold digital networks of transgender activists, cross-dressing computer hobbyists, and others interested in gender nonconformity who incited the second revolution of the title: the ascendance of "transgender" as an umbrella identity in the mid-1990s.

Dame-Griff argues that digital communications sparked significant momentum within what would become the transgender movement, but also further cemented existing power structures. Covering both a historical period that is largely neglected within the history of computing, and the poorly understood role of technology in queer and trans social movements, The Two Revolutions offers a new understanding of both revolutions--the internet's early development and the structures of communication that would take us to today's tipping point of trans visibility politics. Through a history of how trans people online exploited different digital infrastructures in the early days of the internet to build a community, The Two Revolutions tells a crucial part of trans history itself.
Language:EnglishPublisher:New York University PressISBN-13:9781479818303ISBN-10:1479818305UPC:9781479818303Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:LGBTQ+ Studies, Media StudiesBook Topic:Transgender StudiesSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.75 inchesWeight:1.1905Product ID:SCYAND17BY
Avery Dame-Griff is Lecturer in the Department of Women's and Gender Studies at Gonzaga University. He founded and curates the Queer Digital History Project (queerdigital.com).
Publisher: New York University Press

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