[Commlist] New Book: The Two Revolutions: A History of the Transgender Internet

Since it’s now officially out, Avery Dame-Griff wanted to share the 
announcement for the new book, /The Two Revolutions: A History of the 
Transgender Internet/, which might be of interest to folks on this list: 
https://nyupress.org/9781479818310/the-two-revolutions/ . If you order 
it through the publisher, NYU Press, they have a 30% off discount code 
(NYUAU30).

*Blurb: */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.


---------------
The COMMLIST
---------------
This mailing list is a free service offered by Nico Carpentier. Please use it responsibly and wisely.
--
To subscribe or unsubscribe, please visit http://commlist.org/
--
Before sending a posting request, please always read the guidelines at http://commlist.org/
--
To contact the mailing list manager:
Email: (nico.carpentier /at/ commlist.org)
URL: http://nicocarpentier.net
---------------