Autobiography of an Androgyne - Couverture souple

Werther, Ralph

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0813543002 ISBN 13 : 9780813543000

Editeur : Rutgers University Press, 2008

Synopsis

First printed in 1918, Ralph Werther's Autobiography of an Androgyne charts his emerging self-understanding as a member of the "third sex" and documents his explorations of queer underworlds in turn-of-the-century New York City. Werther presents a sensational life narrative that begins with a privileged upper-class birth and a youthful realization of his difference from other boys. He concludes with a decision to undergo castration. Along the way, he recounts intimate stories of adolescent sexual encounters with adult men and women, escapades as a reckless "fairie" who trolled Brooklyn and the Bowery in search of working-class Irish and Italian immigrants, and an immersion into the subculture of male "inverts." This new edition also includes a critical introduction by Scott Herring that situates the text within the scientific, historical, literary, and social contexts of urban American life in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. Tracing how this pioneering autobiography engages with conversations on immigration, gender, economics, metropolitan working-class culture, and the invention of homosexuality across class lines, this edition is ideal for courses on topics ranging from Victorian literature to modern American sexuality.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

SCOTT HERRING is an assistant professor of English and women's studies at The Pennsylvania State University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Rutgers University Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0813543002
• ISBN 13: 9780813543000
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Éditeur: Herring Scott
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