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1509042The Two Revolutionshttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-two-revolutions/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/784890/7eaa32e6-8e4d-40f3-9d54-485efa2228d0.jpg?v=638336205441470000523581MXNNYU PressInStock/Ebooks/<p><em><strong>Winner of the 2023 Ángel David Nieves Book Award, given by the American Studies Association</strong></em></p><p><strong>The internet origins of the American transgender movement</strong></p><p><em>The Two Revolutions</em> 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.</p><p>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 revolutionsthe internets early development and the structures of communication that would take us to todays 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, <em>The Two Revolutions</em> tells a crucial part of trans history itself.</p>...1489845The Two Revolutions523581https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-two-revolutions/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/784890/7eaa32e6-8e4d-40f3-9d54-485efa2228d0.jpg?v=638336205441470000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20239781479818341_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_<p><strong>The internet origins of the American transgender movement</strong></p><p><em>The Two Revolutions</em> 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.</p><p>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 revolutionsthe internets early development and the structures of communication that would take us to todays 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, <em>The Two Revolutions</em> tells a crucial part of trans history itself.</p>...(*_*)9781479818341_<p><em><strong>Winner of the 2024 Ángel David Nieves Book Award, given by the American Studies Association</strong></em></p><p><strong>The internet origins of the American transgender movement</strong></p><p><em>The Two Revolutions</em> 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.</p><p>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 revolutionsthe internets early development and the structures of communication that would take us to todays 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, <em>The Two Revolutions</em> tells a crucial part of trans history itself.</p>...(*_*)9781479818341_<p><em><strong>Winner of the 2023 Ángel David Nieves Book Award, given by the American Studies Association</strong></em></p><p><strong>The internet origins of the American transgender movement</strong></p><p><em>The Two Revolutions</em> 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.</p><p>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 revolutionsthe internets early development and the structures of communication that would take us to todays tipping point of trans visibility politics. 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