{"product_id":"9798216493655","title":"D'Eon The Wonder of Her Sex","description":"\u003ch1\u003eD'Eon\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Wonder of Her Sex\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJonathan Conlin\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ LGBTQ+ Studies \/ Transgender Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThis book explores the life and impact of Chevalier d'Eon, an historical trans figure in eighteenth-century France and Britain\u003c\/b\u003e. Drawing from archival research and Deon's memoir, the author provides a comprehensive picture of her role in trans history and culture. He argues Deon's adoption of multiple voices and genres is seen, not as evasiveness or postmodern gender play, but as a trans-affirming celebration of \"the intertextual possibilities of the transsexual body.\" He further posits that no trans woman has left us such a large archive of life writings, or lived her life on such an epic scale, and we can therefore construct a different way of telling trans lives and leave room for possibilities that we haven't been presented with yet.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eJonathan Conlin is Senior Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Southampton, UK.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e29 October 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798216493655\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e272\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51197364306060,"sku":"9798216493655","price":26.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9798216493655","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}