The Woman I Was Not Born To Be: A Transsexual Journey

Brevard's transgendered past comes vividly to life in this entertaining, gossipy, and informative memoir.

List of contents

1. Just for a Change 2. Farm Boy 3. Drag Queen 4. A Man in the House 5. Alfred, Adieu 6. The Coed 7. Burlesque Queen 8. Miss Congeniality 9. Call Me Mrs. 10. Teacher! Teacher! 11. A Playboy Bunny 12. That Female Bunch 13. Fashion's Guru 14. Off-Broadway Baby 15. A Faceless Intruder 16. Mother's Final gift 17. The Finished Produce Index

Summary

An autobiography of one transsexual's wild ride from boyhood as Alfred Brevard ('Buddy') Crenshaw in rural Tennessee to voluptuous female entertainer in Hollywood. It is a pre-Women's Movement account of coming to terms with gender identity.

Product details

• Authors: Aleshia Brevard
• Publisher: Temple University Press,U.S.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.02.2001
• EAN: 9781566398398
• ISBN: 978-1-56639-839-8
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 18 mm
• Illustrations: 17 illustrations, index
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Gender Studies: Gruppen