Emily Skidmore
Biographic Data
| ID | 1262591 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Emily Skidmore |
| GIVEN NAMES | Emily |
| FAMILY NAME | Skidmore |
| SIGNATURE | SKIDMORE E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Texas Tech University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Cambridge World History of Sexualities
Volume I offers historiographical surveys and general overviews of central topics in the history of world sexualities. Split across twenty-two chapters, this volume places the history of sexuality in dialogue with anthropology, women's history, LGBTQ+ history, queer theory, and public history, as well as examining the impact Freud and Foucault have had on the history of sexuality. The volume continues by providing overviews on the sexual body, fa…
Celebrating Fifty Years of Feminist Studies
"In celebration of fifty years since Feminist Studies began publishing, in 1972, we asked a selection of authors to convey what having their work published in Feminist Studies has meant for them, both professionally as well as personally. Following are their responses."
Naming Their History”
Jen Manion's Female Husbands: A Trans History is the most recent addition in a series of important books on trans history published in the last decade. Throughout the text, Manion serves up powerful and persuasive analysis that will push the field for years to come—forcing scholars to reconsider the ways in which we have categorized our gender-transgressive historical subjects.Female Husbands focuses on the figure known by the same name, “a term …
True Sex
Winner, 2018 U.S. History PROSE Award The incredible stories of how trans men assimilated into mainstream communities in the late 1800s In 1883, Frank Dubois gained national attention for his life in Waupun, Wisconsin. There he was known as a hard-working man, married to a young woman named Gertrude Fuller. What drew national attention to his seemingly unremarkable life was that he was revealed to be anatomically female. Dubois fit so well within…
Conclusion
The Last Female Husband
“The Trouble That Clothes Make”
Introduction
Gender Transgressions in the Age of U.S. Empire
To Have and to Hold
Selected Bibliography
Beyond Community
Black on Both Sides
What is Sexual History? by Jeffrey Weeks
Whiteness Fractured
Ralph Kerwineo's Queer Body
To understand the role that scale and region have played in queer history, this essay tracks the narratives produced about the life of Ralph Kerwineo - a biologically female, mixed-race Milwaukee resident who was arrested in 1914 after living as a male for over eight years. This essay explores Kerwineo's narrative production across numerous scales (looking at local and national newspapers, as well as sexological literature), calling attention to …
"Constructing the "Good Transsexual
Constructing the "Good Transsexual": Christine Jorgensen, Whiteness, and Heteronormativity in the Mid-Twentieth-Century Press Emily Skidmore As with any new academic field, transgender studies has created its own pantheon of canonical texts and heroic figures. One of the most cele brated figures has been Christine Jorgensen, and not without good reason; when the news announced in late 1952 that the former GI had undergone sex reassignment surgery…
The Parental Role in Children's Museums
Children's museums across the country work very hard to help children learn through play. The need to cultivate parent involvement in children's museum experiences has become central to these efforts as an increasing amount of literature identifies the benefits to children's learning when parents act as play facilitators. However, a visitor study conducted at Please Touch Museum, which explored parents' perceptions of play and their role in child…
"Constructing the "Good Transsexual
Constructing the "Good Transsexual": Christine Jorgensen, Whiteness, and Heteronormativity in the Mid-Twentieth-Century Press Emily Skidmore As with any new academic field, transgender studies has created its own pantheon of canonical texts and heroic figures. One of the most cele brated figures has been Christine Jorgensen, and not without good reason; when the news announced in late 1952 that the former GI had undergone sex reassignment surgery…
The Parental Role in Children's Museums
Children's museums across the country work very hard to help children learn through play. The need to cultivate parent involvement in children's museum experiences has become central to these efforts as an increasing amount of literature identifies the benefits to children's learning when parents act as play facilitators. However, a visitor study conducted at Please Touch Museum, which explored parents' perceptions of play and their role in child…
The Parental Role in Children's Museums
Children's museums across the country work very hard to help children learn through play. The need to cultivate parent involvement in children's museum experiences has become central to these efforts as an increasing amount of literature identifies the benefits to children's learning when parents act as play facilitators. However, a visitor study conducted at Please Touch Museum, which explored parents' perceptions of play and their role in child…
"Constructing the "Good Transsexual
Constructing the "Good Transsexual": Christine Jorgensen, Whiteness, and Heteronormativity in the Mid-Twentieth-Century Press Emily Skidmore As with any new academic field, transgender studies has created its own pantheon of canonical texts and heroic figures. One of the most cele brated figures has been Christine Jorgensen, and not without good reason; when the news announced in late 1952 that the former GI had undergone sex reassignment surgery…
Ralph Kerwineo's Queer Body
To understand the role that scale and region have played in queer history, this essay tracks the narratives produced about the life of Ralph Kerwineo - a biologically female, mixed-race Milwaukee resident who was arrested in 1914 after living as a male for over eight years. This essay explores Kerwineo's narrative production across numerous scales (looking at local and national newspapers, as well as sexological literature), calling attention to …
Whiteness Fractured
What is Sexual History? by Jeffrey Weeks
True Sex
Winner, 2018 U.S. History PROSE Award The incredible stories of how trans men assimilated into mainstream communities in the late 1800s In 1883, Frank Dubois gained national attention for his life in Waupun, Wisconsin. There he was known as a hard-working man, married to a young woman named Gertrude Fuller. What drew national attention to his seemingly unremarkable life was that he was revealed to be anatomically female. Dubois fit so well within…
Conclusion
The Last Female Husband
“The Trouble That Clothes Make”
Introduction
Gender Transgressions in the Age of U.S. Empire
To Have and to Hold
Selected Bibliography
Beyond Community
Black on Both Sides
Naming Their History”
Jen Manion's Female Husbands: A Trans History is the most recent addition in a series of important books on trans history published in the last decade. Throughout the text, Manion serves up powerful and persuasive analysis that will push the field for years to come—forcing scholars to reconsider the ways in which we have categorized our gender-transgressive historical subjects.Female Husbands focuses on the figure known by the same name, “a term …
Celebrating Fifty Years of Feminist Studies
"In celebration of fifty years since Feminist Studies began publishing, in 1972, we asked a selection of authors to convey what having their work published in Feminist Studies has meant for them, both professionally as well as personally. Following are their responses."
The Cambridge World History of Sexualities
Volume I offers historiographical surveys and general overviews of central topics in the history of world sexualities. Split across twenty-two chapters, this volume places the history of sexuality in dialogue with anthropology, women's history, LGBTQ+ history, queer theory, and public history, as well as examining the impact Freud and Foucault have had on the history of sexuality. The volume continues by providing overviews on the sexual body, fa…
History (10 works) · Art (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Race, History, and American Society (6 works) · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · Art history (4 works) · European history and politics (4 works)