




Isabelle Bonnet & Sophie Hackett
Softcover | 18.29 x 3.3 x 25.91 cm | 480 pp
Thames & Hudson | 2024 | 9780500297902
This book brings together a wealth of research and an expansive selection of photographs to create an enduring account of America's first known trans network, Casa Susanna.
In the 1950s and 60s, an underground network of transgender women and cross-dressing men found refuge at a modest house in the Catskills region of 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 institutionalised for their self-expression.
This book opens up that now-lost world. The photographs - mostly discovered by chance in a New York flea market in 2004 - chronicle the experiences of men who dressed as women, gender nonconforming people, and transwomen 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 crossdress and live freely as women. Supplementing the images are excerpts from Transvestia, a magazine that allowed those who had been cast out by a rigidly binary society to connect in a different medium.
The people who came to Casa Susanna found a spot where they could explore and celebrate their own and each other’s femininity, as they could not do elsewhere. Their creations are also a reminder that there were, and still are, many ways to explore the boundaries of gender.
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Easy to deal with and they even shipped to New Zealand for me!!!
A great book on some fantastic achievements in the world of cork. Really happy with my purchase.
Excellent book for setting out on a stamping journey. Everything you need to know including cutters, base materials and stamps.
Always a great selection of superb books at superb prices. My go to for fabulous art books. Great care with packing and super fast despatch :)
Love this book, only part way through but already totally absorbed. Git hubby the “music” version and he is equally impressed. Absolute bargain price so grab a copy now!