Wrongly bodied two

Wrongly bodied two

Sligh, Clarissa T.

c2004

Artist's book

Sligh, Clarissa T.

This book relates the stories of Jake, a white male who transitions from female to male, and Ellen Craft, a 19th century black woman, who escapes slavery by passing as a white man. In photographing Jake's transformation, Sligh explores society's response to the act of changing one's identity and re-examines her own fears of crossing the boundaries of gender, race and class.

Transsexuals; Gender Identity;Fugitive slaves--United States

Appropriated text

Women's Studio Workshop

Rosendale, NY

Rochester Institute of Technology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Haverford College, The New York Public Library , University of Delaware, Yale University, Wesleyan University, University of Pennsylvania, Swarthmore College, University of Colorado Library, Claremont Colleges, Scripps College Campus, Duke University, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Vermont Libraries, Carleton College Library, Lafayette College,Skillman & Kirby Libraries, Vassar College Library, Indiana University , University of Michigan, Library of Congress

http://hvvacc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/abc/id/649

Screen print, digital

Codex

Rives Heavyweight

Clarendon, Bodoni, Gill Sans Bold, Futura and Bookman Old Style

http://hvvacc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/abc/id/649