SELF-ISH: A TRANSGENDER AWAKENING
Book ID/图书代码： 11341618C00011
English Summary/英文概要： SELF-ish is a narrative drawn from an international life, beginning with some early glimpses out at the world by a girl in a boy’s body. Chloe Schwenke was raised as Stephen in a Marine Corps family, and was sent off at age fourteen to "man-up" at a military academy. Later--and still embodied as a man--she ventured abroad to work in some of the roughest regions of Africa, the Gaza Strip, Turkey, and many other locales. Her far-flung global journey was matched in intensity by an inner identity and spiritual struggle and the associated ravages of depression, before she came to the revelation of being a transgender woman. At a time when many Americans are just waking up to the reality of the transgender phenomenon, this portrayal of Chloe’s life, her challenging gender transition, and her many accomplishments and adventures along the way (including being among the first three transgender political appointees in U.S. history, under President Obama), creates a poignant story of authenticity, self-discovery, and the meaning of gender set against a fascinating international backdrop.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《自我主义》是一部取材于国际生活的叙事小说，从一个男孩一样的女孩对世界的一些早期一瞥开始。克洛伊•施文克在海军陆战队的一个家庭里以斯蒂芬的身份长大，14岁时被送到一所军事学院接受“男子汉教育”。后来，她冒险到非洲一些最艰苦的地区、加沙地带、土耳其和许多其他地方工作，至今仍以男人的形象出现。在她发现自己是一名跨性别女性之前，打破了内心的认同、精神上的挣扎以及与之相关的抑郁，与她那遥远的全球之旅的强度。当时许多美国人刚刚出现的变性现象也是克洛伊的生活写照。她挑战性别转变，她的许多成就和冒险(包括被第一批美国历史上三个变性人政治任命,在奥巴马总统期间)创建了一个辛酸的真实的故事：自我发现，性别的意义与迷人的国际背景。（WYL）
Awards/获奖情况：“克洛伊•施文克的《自我主义》提供了一个聪明、体贴的观察性别转换的复杂的旅程，比如找工作的困难,形成的过程和重新谈判的友谊，反式身份和贵格会教徒的宗教实践的十字路口，在 回忆录或媒体上没有得到太多的关注。”——乔伊•拉丁《穿过生命之门:犹太两性之旅》的作者
“《自我主义》带领读者经历了一段强大而痛苦的旅程，讲述了一个跨性别女性在性别转变过程中所面临的无数艰巨挑战。它最终也是一个非凡的勇气的故事，在艰难险阻中坚持做真实的自己。施文克强调了面对和改善跨性别者和其他被主流社会边缘化的人所面临的挑战的道德、人性和社会责任。”——桑杰•普拉单《开放政府伙伴关系》 的首席执行官
"Chloe Schwenke’s Self-ish offers an intelligent, thoughtful look at the complex journey that is gender transition, illuminating aspects of gender transition--such as the difficulties of job hunting, the process of forming and renegotiating friendships, and the intersection of trans identity and Quaker religious practice--that haven’t received much attention in memoirs or the media."--Joy Ladin, author of Through the Door of Life: A Jewish Journey Between Genders
"Self-ish takes the reader through a powerful, heart-wrenching journey of the innumerable, daunting challenges of gender transition confronted by a transgender woman. It is ultimately also a story of extraordinary courage in persevering through formidable odds to be true to oneself. Schwenke underscores the moral, human and societal imperative to confront and ameliorate the challenges faced by transgender people, and others marginalized by mainstream society." --Sanjay Pradhan, CEO, Open Government Partnership
About the Author/作者介绍： 克洛伊•施文克是一名公开的贵格会变性人，她的人生旅程包括在五个国家生活，在40多个国家从事项目，主要在非洲和中东。作为一名人权与和平建设活动家、一名国际发展实践者、一名学者、奥巴马政府任命的前官员和两个孩子的父母，她毕生致力于帮助世界上一些最具挑战性的国家的边缘群体。2013年，她获得了国家跨性别平等中心颁发的国家公共服务奖。Chloe Schwenke is an openly transgender Quaker woman whose life’s journey includes living in five countries and working on projects in more than forty, mostly in Africa and the Middle East. As a human rights and peacebuilding activist, an international development practitioner, an academic, a former Obama Administration appointee, and the parent of two children, she has committed her life to assisting marginalized groups in some of the world’s most challenging countries. In 2013 she received the National Center for Transgender Equality’s National Public Service Award.
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