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J. D. Sargan - Trans Histories of the Medieval Book, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

Del i serien Book Cultures, Medieval to Modern

Trans Histories of the Medieval Book

An Experiment in Bibliography

Av J. D. Sargan

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Beskrivning
Archival collections are political spaces: the decisions that govern whose histories are preserved, when, and by whom are not neutral. They reflect the communities that make them. For most of western history queer, trans, and gender non-conforming people were excluded from such communities. Premodern trans experiences went largely unreported and reconstructing such histories relies on the piecing together of ephemeral glimpses. Literary scholars developed tactics and tools to read through the traces, with hugely generative results that highlight the richness of non-normative premodern genders. But how do we move beyond the limits of the trace to uncover a more expansive history of premodern gender non-conformity?This book takes a methodological approach to the question. An experiment in applying trans approaches to the study of the premodern book offers alternatives both for trans histories and for book historical methods.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2026-07-31
  • Mått: 152 x 229 x undefined mm
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Serie: Book Cultures, Medieval to Modern
  • Antal sidor: 166
  • Förlag: Arc Humanities Press
  • ISBN: 9781802704358
  • Utmärkelser: Winner of The Medieval Academy of America Inclusivity & Diversity Prize 2025 (United States)
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J. D. Sargan is a book historian. He was educated at Queen Mary University of London and the University of Oxford. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the University of Georgia and teaches a course in Queer Bibliographies for California Rare Book School. He researches the social dynamics of book use.

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This book is a welcome and powerful intervention in the field of premodern trans studies. [...] [Premodern trans studies] needs to start thinking systematically about the broader historical forces which shaped the material conditions and representational codes of trans life. This requires that trans scholars enter into productive dialogue with fields of enquiry beyond the familiar waters of queer studies. Trans Histories of the Medieval Book offers a model for how such engagement can proceed. Sargan demonstrates how bringing trans studies into conversation with bibliography can be generative for both sides of the encounter.[...] Sargan emphasises that his methodology is highly experimental (as per the book’s subtitle), and that readers may not be persuaded by all his conclusions. While I have my own reservations, I nevertheless think that Trans Histories of the Medieval Book is doing something very important: the field urgently needs vanguard scholarship like this to move us beyond the analytic hesitation of its early work. Medieval trans studies risks intellectual stagnation if it does not engage in dialogue with other fields of enquiry, even when--especially when--the fields in question have a history of resistance to, or hostility towards, minoritised critique. Sargan’s work proves the value of such conversations.

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