{"product_id":"autobiography-of-an-androgyne","title":"Autobiography of an Androgyne","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eFirst printed in 1918, Ralph Werther's \u003ci\u003eAutobiography of an Androgyne \u003c\/i\u003echarts his emerging self-understanding as a member of the \"third sex\" and documents his explorations of queer underworlds in turn-of-the-century New York City. Werther presents a sensational life narrative that begins with a privileged upper-class birth and a youthful realization of his difference from other boys. He concludes with a decision to undergo castration. Along the way, he recounts intimate stories of adolescent sexual encounters with adult men and women, escapades as a reckless \"fairie\" who trolled Brooklyn and the Bowery in search of working-class Irish and Italian immigrants, and an immersion into the subculture of male \"inverts.\" This new edition also includes a critical introduction by Scott Herring that situates the text within the scientific, historical, literary, and social contexts of urban American life in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. Tracing how this pioneering autobiography engages with conversations on immigration, gender, economics, metropolitan working-class culture, and the invention of homosexuality across class lines, this edition is ideal for courses on topics ranging from Victorian literature to modern American sexuality.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ralph Werther","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43574176088246,"sku":"9780813543000","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780813543000_cf959c33-f223-43fc-9c71-dc0c0a16246e.jpg?v=1727259177","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/autobiography-of-an-androgyne","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}