Susan Stryker is a foundational figure in trans studies. When Monsters Speak showcases the development of Stryker’s writing from the 1990s to the present. It combines canonical pieces, such as “My Words to Victor Frankenstein,” with her hard to find earlier work published in zines and newsletters. Brought together, they ground Stryker’s thought in 1990s San Francisco and its innovative queer, trans, and S/M cultures. The volume includes an introduction by editor McKenzie Wark, who highlights Stryker’s connections to developments in queer theory, media studies, and autotheory while foregrounding Stryker’s innovative writing style and scholarly methods. When Monsters Speak is an authoritative and essential collection by one of the most important and influential intellectuals of our time.
By:
Susan Stryker
Edited by:
McKenzie Wark
Imprint: Duke University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Weight: 431g
ISBN: 9781478026259
ISBN 10: 1478026251
Series: ASTERISK
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 30 July 2024
Audience:
General/trade
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Professional and scholarly
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ELT Advanced
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Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction / McKenzie Wark Part I. Trans Sanfrisco 1. Trick Dive 2. The Surgeon Haunts My Dreams 3. Renaissance and Apocalypse: Notes on the Bay Area’s Transsexual Arts Scene 4. Across the Border: On the Anarchorporeality Project A Discussion between Kathy High and Susan Stryker 5. Los Angeles at Night 6. Dungeon Intimacies: The Poetics of Transsexual Sadomasochism 7. Perfect Day 8. Ketamine Journal 9. See Beams Glitter Part II. Trans Theory as Gender Theory 10. The Time Has Come to Think about Gayle Rubin 11. Transgender Feminism: Queering the Woman in Question 12. Transgender History, Homonormativity, and Disciplinarity 13. Lesbian Generations: Transsexual . . . Lesbian . . . Feminis Part III. When Monsters Speak 14. My Words to Victor Frankenstein above the Village of Chamounix: Performing Transgender Rage 15. Transgender Studies: Queer Theory’s Evil Twin 16. Transing the Queer (In)human 17. More Words about “My Words to Victor Frankenstein” Conclusion. Interview, McKenzie Wark and Susan Stryker Bibliography Index
Susan Stryker is Professor Emerita of Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Arizona. She is the author of Transgender History and coeditor of The Transgender Studies Reader. McKenzie Wark is Professor of Culture and Media at The New School and the author of several books, including Raving and Philosophy for Spiders: On the Low Theory of Kathy Acker, both also published by Duke University Press.
Reviews for When Monsters Speak: A Susan Stryker Reader
"“Whenever Susan Stryker speaks, I listen. Stryker’s career is one of those that has altered the way that those of us who came after her think—and live our lives. We are so lucky to now have a collection that allows us to trace her thoughts over her own life.” -- Torrey Peters, author of * Detransition, Baby * ""Stryker provides a bracing assessment of frictions within the LGBTQ movement, criticizing cis gay and lesbian individuals who seek to secure a place in mainstream society by excluding trans people. . . . The result is a striking introduction to the work of an essential queer thinker."" * Publishers Weekly *"
