Wondrous Transformations
A Maverick Physician, the Science of Hormones, and the Birth of the Transgender Revolution
Alison Li
Wondrous Transformations
A Maverick Physician, the Science of Hormones, and the Birth of the Transgender Revolution
Alison Li
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English
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Description
Drawing from research in archival documents, secondary sources, and interviews, Li tells the story of Harry Benjamin’s early ventures in gerontology and his later work with over a thousand transgender patients. Benjamin’s contributions to treatment, education, research, and networking helped to create the foundations of transgender medicine.
A smart and highly readable contribution to transgender studies."—Publishers Weekly
Wondrous Transformations excels at painting a vibrant portrait of Benjamin . . . . Li's engaging prose harnesses the affordances allowed in biography to craft an engrossing narrative . . . . She has done an admirable job in bringing the two halves of Benjamin's career together, and her work is a great service to the fields of trans history and the history of hormones."—The Watermark
Alison Li is a historian of science and medicine who writes about hormones, medical research, and the culture in which they are shaped. She is coeditor of Women, Health, and Nation: Canada and the United States since 1945.
A smart and highly readable contribution to transgender studies."—Publishers Weekly
Wondrous Transformations excels at painting a vibrant portrait of Benjamin . . . . Li's engaging prose harnesses the affordances allowed in biography to craft an engrossing narrative . . . . She has done an admirable job in bringing the two halves of Benjamin's career together, and her work is a great service to the fields of trans history and the history of hormones."—The Watermark
Alison Li is a historian of science and medicine who writes about hormones, medical research, and the culture in which they are shaped. She is coeditor of Women, Health, and Nation: Canada and the United States since 1945.