Casa Susanna: the story of the first trans network in the United States, 1959-1968
In 2004, two antique dealers discovered 340 photographs from the 1950s-1960s at a flea market in New York City. What made these images singular was that they depicted men dressed as women, whose feminine identity was that of the "respectable" housewife, the girl next door, or the kind matr...
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| Zusammenfassung: | In 2004, two antique dealers discovered 340 photographs from the 1950s-1960s at a flea market in New York City. What made these images singular was that they depicted men dressed as women, whose feminine identity was that of the "respectable" housewife, the girl next door, or the kind matron. Here we find neither the feathers nor the extravagant make-up of cabaret, just perfect housewives in the privacy of their homes. Behind the photographs lay a vast, hidden network of crossdressers. They were married, loving fathers of the American white middle class. They were engineers, pilots, and civil servants. They embodied the American dream, and its nightmare, in a time of racial, sexual, and political segregation in a Cold War America that censored, repressed, excluded, and hunted down those who violated the gender norms of the time, from crossdressers to homosexuals Susanna, Virginia, Doris, Fiona, Gail, Felicity, Gloria, and their friends, created a unique collective identity. Despite the risks, they corresponded with each other, got together, organized, and managed to alleviate their isolation through an underground magazine: Transvestia. Their haven was the home of Susanna and her wife Marie, tucked away in the Catskill Mountains, a few hours away from New York City. There they were able to live freely "en femme". Photography was essential to their identity as crossdressers; in a quasi-sacred ritual, photographs circulated widely within their community. Despite their now outdated female identities, the Casa Susanna crossdressers broke with the gender prescriptions of their time and defiantly refused to submit to an archaic cult of masculinity. Defiant and determined, they organized the first known trans network in the United States. In their day, the crossdressers of Casa Susanna called themselves "transvestites" or "TVs" for short. This term is today deemed pejorative, and we have avoided it wherever possible. In French, however, the only available term is "travesti". We have used it here both for historical accuracy, and because most of the members of the Casa Susanna network made a clear distinction between their identities as crossdressers and other trans identities... As historians, we have tried to strike a balance between historical facts, the ways the individuals in the Casa Susanna circle self-identified, and our contemporary awareness of a spectrum of gender identities. Thus, in our view, this community stands as the first known trans network in the United States. -- Isabelle Bonnet and Sophie Hackett, Curators' statement [https://www.rencontres-arles.com/en/expositions/view/1488/casa-susanna] |
| Beschreibung: | Original edition: Edition Textuel, Paris, 2023 "Published on the occassion of the exhibition Casa Susanna presented at Recontres d'Arles from July 3 to September 24, 2023 and at Art Gallery of Ontario from December 23, 2023 to April 14, 2024"--Colophon |
| Beschreibung: | 478 Seiten 26 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780500297902 |
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| 520 | 3 | |a In 2004, two antique dealers discovered 340 photographs from the 1950s-1960s at a flea market in New York City. What made these images singular was that they depicted men dressed as women, whose feminine identity was that of the "respectable" housewife, the girl next door, or the kind matron. Here we find neither the feathers nor the extravagant make-up of cabaret, just perfect housewives in the privacy of their homes. Behind the photographs lay a vast, hidden network of crossdressers. They were married, loving fathers of the American white middle class. They were engineers, pilots, and civil servants. They embodied the American dream, and its nightmare, in a time of racial, sexual, and political segregation in a Cold War America that censored, repressed, excluded, and hunted down those who violated the gender norms of the time, from crossdressers to homosexuals | |
| 520 | 3 | |a Susanna, Virginia, Doris, Fiona, Gail, Felicity, Gloria, and their friends, created a unique collective identity. Despite the risks, they corresponded with each other, got together, organized, and managed to alleviate their isolation through an underground magazine: Transvestia. Their haven was the home of Susanna and her wife Marie, tucked away in the Catskill Mountains, a few hours away from New York City. There they were able to live freely "en femme". Photography was essential to their identity as crossdressers; in a quasi-sacred ritual, photographs circulated widely within their community. Despite their now outdated female identities, the Casa Susanna crossdressers broke with the gender prescriptions of their time and defiantly refused to submit to an archaic cult of masculinity. Defiant and determined, they organized the first known trans network in the United States. In their day, the crossdressers of Casa Susanna called themselves "transvestites" or "TVs" for short. This term is today deemed pejorative, and we have avoided it wherever possible. In French, however, the only available term is "travesti". We have used it here both for historical accuracy, and because most of the members of the Casa Susanna network made a clear distinction between their identities as crossdressers and other trans identities... As historians, we have tried to strike a balance between historical facts, the ways the individuals in the Casa Susanna circle self-identified, and our contemporary awareness of a spectrum of gender identities. Thus, in our view, this community stands as the first known trans network in the United States. -- Isabelle Bonnet and Sophie Hackett, Curators' statement [https://www.rencontres-arles.com/en/expositions/view/1488/casa-susanna] | |
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| spelling | Bonnet, Isabelle Verfasser (DE-588)1303297787 aut Casa Susanna the story of the first trans network in the United States, 1959-1968 Isabelle Bonnet & Sophie Hackett London ; New York Thames & Hudson 2023 Toronto, Ontario, AGO 2023 478 Seiten 26 cm sti rdacontent txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Original edition: Edition Textuel, Paris, 2023 "Published on the occassion of the exhibition Casa Susanna presented at Recontres d'Arles from July 3 to September 24, 2023 and at Art Gallery of Ontario from December 23, 2023 to April 14, 2024"--Colophon Introduction / Susan Stryker -- The story of the first trans network in the United States, 1959-1968 / Isabelle Bonnet -- Performing authenticity: Casa Susanna's crossdressers and photography / Sophie Hackett In 2004, two antique dealers discovered 340 photographs from the 1950s-1960s at a flea market in New York City. What made these images singular was that they depicted men dressed as women, whose feminine identity was that of the "respectable" housewife, the girl next door, or the kind matron. Here we find neither the feathers nor the extravagant make-up of cabaret, just perfect housewives in the privacy of their homes. Behind the photographs lay a vast, hidden network of crossdressers. They were married, loving fathers of the American white middle class. They were engineers, pilots, and civil servants. They embodied the American dream, and its nightmare, in a time of racial, sexual, and political segregation in a Cold War America that censored, repressed, excluded, and hunted down those who violated the gender norms of the time, from crossdressers to homosexuals Susanna, Virginia, Doris, Fiona, Gail, Felicity, Gloria, and their friends, created a unique collective identity. Despite the risks, they corresponded with each other, got together, organized, and managed to alleviate their isolation through an underground magazine: Transvestia. Their haven was the home of Susanna and her wife Marie, tucked away in the Catskill Mountains, a few hours away from New York City. There they were able to live freely "en femme". Photography was essential to their identity as crossdressers; in a quasi-sacred ritual, photographs circulated widely within their community. Despite their now outdated female identities, the Casa Susanna crossdressers broke with the gender prescriptions of their time and defiantly refused to submit to an archaic cult of masculinity. Defiant and determined, they organized the first known trans network in the United States. In their day, the crossdressers of Casa Susanna called themselves "transvestites" or "TVs" for short. This term is today deemed pejorative, and we have avoided it wherever possible. In French, however, the only available term is "travesti". We have used it here both for historical accuracy, and because most of the members of the Casa Susanna network made a clear distinction between their identities as crossdressers and other trans identities... As historians, we have tried to strike a balance between historical facts, the ways the individuals in the Casa Susanna circle self-identified, and our contemporary awareness of a spectrum of gender identities. Thus, in our view, this community stands as the first known trans network in the United States. -- Isabelle Bonnet and Sophie Hackett, Curators' statement [https://www.rencontres-arles.com/en/expositions/view/1488/casa-susanna] Geschichte 1950-1970 gnd rswk-swf Transgender (DE-588)7619945-9 gnd rswk-swf Mode (DE-588)4039792-0 gnd rswk-swf Rollenverhalten (DE-588)4178414-5 gnd rswk-swf Crossdresser (DE-588)4060711-2 gnd rswk-swf Mann (DE-588)4037363-0 gnd rswk-swf New York, NY (DE-588)4042011-5 gnd rswk-swf Transgender women / New York (State) / Portraits / Exhibitions Cross-dressers / New York (State) / Portraits / Exhibitions Portrait photography / Exhibitions Transgenres féminins / New York (État) / Portraits / Expositions Travestis / New York (État) / Portraits / Expositions Portraits (Photographie) / Expositions Transgender people LGBTQ+ fashion Gender non-conforming people (DE-588)4135467-9 Ausstellungskatalog 03.07.2023-24.09.2023 Arles gnd-content (DE-588)4135467-9 Ausstellungskatalog Art Gallery of Ontario 23.12.2023-14.04.2024 Ontario gnd-content (DE-588)4145395-5 Bildband gnd-content New York, NY (DE-588)4042011-5 g Mann (DE-588)4037363-0 s Transgender (DE-588)7619945-9 s Crossdresser (DE-588)4060711-2 s Mode (DE-588)4039792-0 s Rollenverhalten (DE-588)4178414-5 s Geschichte 1950-1970 z DE-604 Stryker, Susan 1961- (DE-588)1101472030 aui Hackett, Sophie ca. 20./21.Jh. Sonstige (DE-588)1070729655 oth Art Gallery of Ontario his Rencontres d'Arles Sonstige (DE-588)1165679310 oth Parallele Sprachausgabe französisch 9782845979420 |
| spellingShingle | Bonnet, Isabelle Casa Susanna the story of the first trans network in the United States, 1959-1968 Introduction / Susan Stryker -- The story of the first trans network in the United States, 1959-1968 / Isabelle Bonnet -- Performing authenticity: Casa Susanna's crossdressers and photography / Sophie Hackett Transgender (DE-588)7619945-9 gnd Mode (DE-588)4039792-0 gnd Rollenverhalten (DE-588)4178414-5 gnd Crossdresser (DE-588)4060711-2 gnd Mann (DE-588)4037363-0 gnd |
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| title | Casa Susanna the story of the first trans network in the United States, 1959-1968 |
| title_auth | Casa Susanna the story of the first trans network in the United States, 1959-1968 |
| title_exact_search | Casa Susanna the story of the first trans network in the United States, 1959-1968 |
| title_full | Casa Susanna the story of the first trans network in the United States, 1959-1968 Isabelle Bonnet & Sophie Hackett |
| title_fullStr | Casa Susanna the story of the first trans network in the United States, 1959-1968 Isabelle Bonnet & Sophie Hackett |
| title_full_unstemmed | Casa Susanna the story of the first trans network in the United States, 1959-1968 Isabelle Bonnet & Sophie Hackett |
| title_short | Casa Susanna |
| title_sort | casa susanna the story of the first trans network in the united states 1959 1968 |
| title_sub | the story of the first trans network in the United States, 1959-1968 |
| topic | Transgender (DE-588)7619945-9 gnd Mode (DE-588)4039792-0 gnd Rollenverhalten (DE-588)4178414-5 gnd Crossdresser (DE-588)4060711-2 gnd Mann (DE-588)4037363-0 gnd |
| topic_facet | Transgender Mode Rollenverhalten Crossdresser Mann New York, NY Ausstellungskatalog 03.07.2023-24.09.2023 Arles Ausstellungskatalog Art Gallery of Ontario 23.12.2023-14.04.2024 Ontario Bildband |
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