{"product_id":"two-revolutions-a-history-of-the-transgender-internet","title":"Two Revolutions: A History of the Transgender Internet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinner of the 2023 Ángel David Nieves Book Award, given by the American Studies Association\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe internet origins of the American transgender movement\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Two Revolutions\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDame-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 revolutions--the internet's early development and the structures of communication that would take us to today's 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Two Revolutions\u003c\/i\u003e tells a crucial part of trans history itself.","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51160269750583,"sku":"9781479818310","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/9926\/1239\/files\/imageloader_5f0c2095-b884-4931-ba20-91dc7b1faaa0.jpg?v=1759426832","url":"https:\/\/shop.queerbooks.com\/products\/two-revolutions-a-history-of-the-transgender-internet","provider":"Philly AIDS Thrift @ Giovanni's Room","version":"1.0","type":"link"}