CV127 - Isabelle Bonnet and Sophie Hackett, Casa Susanna – Dayna McLeod
Ciel variable 127 - Sisters, Fighters, Queens (Fall 2024)
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Isabelle Bonnet and Sophie Hackett
Casa Susanna: The Story of the First Trans Network in the United States, 1959-1968
— Dayna McLeod
The book Casa Susanna, and the photography exhibition that it accompanied, looked back at an unusual celebration of femininity that took place in New York State in the 1960s: that of a community of transvestite men, trans women, and non-gender-conforming people. This “story of kinship, care, intimacy, celebration, and camaraderie,” as Dayna McLeod describes it, conceals the severity of a non-inclusive patriarchal society.
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Language : English & French
Digital Version : PDF, 1.4 Mb
Bibliographical Notice
Dayna McLeod, “Isabelle Bonnet and Sophie Hackett, Casa Susanna: The Story of the First Trans Network in the United States, 1959-1968” in Ciel variable, No. 127, “Sisters, Fighters, Queens”, Montreal, 2024, p. 95-96.
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