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.
- Cover
- Contents
- Introduction, by 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 Question
- 12. Transgender History, Homonormativity, and Disciplinarity
- 13. Lesbian Generations: Transsexual . . . Lesbian . . . Feminist
- 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
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