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My Trancestors Lived Here
Re-membering Trans Art, Education, and Activism
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Visibility in the transgender community and trans studies has increased in the last decade. Conversations around trans history and memory have often been focused on historical individuals or capturing descriptions of memorable events. There have been few conversations that look at how those histories are shared down and through the trans community. This book uses the events related to the Comptonâs Cafeteria Riots and the subsequent creation of the Trans Cultural District in San Franciscoâs Tenderloin neighbourhood as focal point as remembered through the eyes of six trans artists and activists and then expanding that reach into the archival and artistic practices across the US, Mexico, and Canada. Redefining trans practice and trans ethos can challenge, create, and reinterpret public memorialization. In doing so, notions what collective memory and public history are transform how we understand and envision the lived experiences trans people today.
AC Panella, Ph.D. (2021) is Professor of Communication and Humanities at Santa Rosa Junior College. His research sits at the intersections of trans/gender, museum, and communication studies. He believes if life is a story, to make it a good one.
Preface
Acknowledgements
Figures
Introduction: Memories Are an Archive of Feelings
1 Talking Transness
â1 Trans Narratives by Trans People
2 Critical Trauma, Necropolitics, and Trans Experience
3 Trans Lines of Memory
4 Sharing Trauma, Sharing Resources
â1 Psst ⦠Have You Heard About ⦠?
â2 The Internet of Trans
5 Education, Art, and Activism
6 Is the Download Complete? Transmitting Trans Memory
â1 History, Memory, and Identity
â2 Is It Doomed to Repeat?
â3 Sometimes Itâs a Crossroad, Sometimes Itâs an Overpass
7 Trans-ing Public Place
â1 Give Us Our Roses
8 Continuing the Collection
â1 Trans-iana Jones and the Temple of Trans Memory
â2 Becoming the Trancestors We Need
References
Index
Acknowledgements
Figures
Introduction: Memories Are an Archive of Feelings
1 Talking Transness
â1 Trans Narratives by Trans People
2 Critical Trauma, Necropolitics, and Trans Experience
3 Trans Lines of Memory
4 Sharing Trauma, Sharing Resources
â1 Psst ⦠Have You Heard About ⦠?
â2 The Internet of Trans
5 Education, Art, and Activism
6 Is the Download Complete? Transmitting Trans Memory
â1 History, Memory, and Identity
â2 Is It Doomed to Repeat?
â3 Sometimes Itâs a Crossroad, Sometimes Itâs an Overpass
7 Trans-ing Public Place
â1 Give Us Our Roses
8 Continuing the Collection
â1 Trans-iana Jones and the Temple of Trans Memory
â2 Becoming the Trancestors We Need
References
Index
For anyone interested in transgender art, activism, and history and itâs connection to memory and material culture.