Wrongly Bodied
Documenting Transition from Female to Male
Wrongly Bodied narrates 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 support group bring sharply into view the uses of embodiment in the quest for freedom and fulfillment. --Israel Burshatin, Levin Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature, Haverford College 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. --Carla Williams is co-author of The Black Female Body: A Photographic History and editor of the SPE journal, Exposure 160 Pages, 75 black and white photographs
Product Details
- Paperback
- 160 pages
- ISBN
- 9781607439325
- Publisher
- Blue Rider Press (1/1/09)