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A key chapter in the political history of sexual minorities in postwar America
This collection of amateur photographs, found at a New York flea market in 2004, features men dressed as women: wearing makeup and styled hair, they strike poses, play Scrabble, or tend to their gardens—and are clearly having a great time. These photos belonged to a woman named Susanna who, between 1959 and 1968, opened her home to anyone who, like her, secretly cross-dressed. For a few days at a time, they could come and live freely as women at her Catskill estate: Casa Susanna. These men—sometimes married, fathers of families—belonged to the white upper middle class. Engineers, writers, accountants, or airline pilots, they embodied the American dream and… its hidden side. Starting in 1960, the publication of an underground magazine, Transvestia, allowed them to meet, correspond, and overcome their loneliness and suffering. These moving and liberating photographs form an essential chapter in the political history of sexual minorities in postwar America.
Published by Éditions Textuel, 2023
, 18 cm 25.5 cm, 480 pages, like new
ISBN 9782845979420
A key chapter in the political history of sexual minorities in postwar America
This collection of amateur photographs, found at a New York flea market in 2004, features men dressed as women: wearing makeup and styled hair, they strike poses, play Scrabble, or tend to their gardens—and are clearly having a great time. These photos belonged to a woman named Susanna who, between 1959 and 1968, opened her home to anyone who, like her, secretly cross-dressed. For a few days at a time, they could come and live freely as women at her Catskill estate: Casa Susanna. These men—sometimes married, fathers of families—belonged to the white upper middle class. Engineers, writers, accountants, or airline pilots, they embodied the American dream and… its hidden side. Starting in 1960, the publication of an underground magazine, Transvestia, allowed them to meet, correspond, and overcome their loneliness and suffering. These moving and liberating photographs form an essential chapter in the political history of sexual minorities in postwar America.
Published by Éditions Textuel, 2023
, 18 cm 25.5 cm, 480 pages, like new
ISBN 9782845979420
