{"product_id":"casa-susanna-the-story-of-the-first-trans-network-in-the-united-states-1959-1968-hardcover","title":"Casa Susanna: The Story of the First Trans Network in the United States, 1959-1968 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIsabelle Bonnet\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSophie Hackett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSusan Stryker\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 1950s and '60s, an underground network of transgender women, gender nonconforming people, and men who dressed as women found refuge at a modest house in the Catskills, New York. Known as Casa Susanna, the house provided a safe place to express their true selves and live for a few days as they had always dreamed--dressed as and living as women without fear of being incarcerated or institutionalized for their self-expression.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eCasa Susanna\u003c\/em\u003e opens up that now-lost world. The photographs--mostly discovered by chance in a New York flea market in 2004--chronicle the experiences of these women in states of relaxation, experimentation, connection, and joy. All of this was made possible by Susanna Valenti who--on her own journey toward womanhood--created Casa Susanna, a protected space where others could do the same. Supplementing the images, excerpts from the magazine \u003cem\u003eTransvestia\u003c\/em\u003e record a different kind of space where those who had been outcast by a rigidly binary society could connect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe people who came to Casa Susanna found a space where they could explore and celebrate their own and each other's femininity, as they could not elsewhere. Their creations are also a reminder that there were, and still are, many ways to explore the boundaries of gender.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.24 x 10.05 x 7.15 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 28, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43588140335140,"sku":"9780500297902","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/tobieshouse.com\/products\/casa-susanna-the-story-of-the-first-trans-network-in-the-united-states-1959-1968-hardcover","provider":"Tobies House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}