Wrongly bodied : documenting transition from female to male
Clarissa T. Sligh (Author), Carla Williams (Contributor), Silvia Roncucci (Contributor), Leeway Foundation
"'Wrongly Bodied' narrates a female to male transition that acquires even greater poignancy when contextualized alongside reflections on cross-dressing and racial passing as necessary strategies for survival. Juxtaposed with an epic narrative of African-American self-fashioning, the textured portraits of Jake, his partners, and support group bring sharply into view the uses of embodiment in the quest for freedom and fulfillment. ... Clarissa Sligh examines this culture's greatest persistent taboos--gender, race and identity. Historic heroism is melded with contemporary chutzpah, likening external enslavement with internal entrapment, all woven together. 'Wrongly Bodied' is a long overdue critical and artistic investigation of self-determination, free will, identity politics, and the role of the artist."--Page 4 of printed paper wrapper
Print Book, English, 2009
First edition
Leeway Foundation, Philadelphia, PA, 2009