Questions About Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals

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Someone told me there were transgender women in this book, but I wasn't sure if he actually meant trans women, or if he meant AFAB trans people. Can anyone clarify?

Erin Nemenz Phillips The book focuses on women and AFAB trans people. There are 2 stories about trans people, one who seems to be gender fluid and the other who identifies…moreThe book focuses on women and AFAB trans people. There are 2 stories about trans people, one who seems to be gender fluid and the other who identifies as male. Hope this helps.(less)

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I don't totally understand the italicized lines. She says in the foreword (xiv) "The italicized phrases and lines are utterances from the chorus. The story is told from inside the circle." But what does that mean? Are they direct quotes from the sources she's using?

Victoria I imagine the chorus to be the collective of all the women she describes, and all the other black women from this era whose perspectives Hartman aims …moreI imagine the chorus to be the collective of all the women she describes, and all the other black women from this era whose perspectives Hartman aims to give a voice to with this book. Together, they all form "the chorus." They are not direct quotes so much as what Hartman imagines they would say.(less)

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