Conundrum

The great travel writer Jan Morris was born James Morris James Morris distinguished himself in the British military, became a successful and physically daring reporter, climbed mountains, crossed deserts, and established a reputation as a historian of the British empire He was happily married, with several children To all appearances, he was not only a man, but a man s man.Except that appearances, as James Morris had known from early childhood, can be deeply misleading James Morris had known all his conscious life that at heart he was a woman Conundrum , one of the earliest books to discuss transsexuality with honesty and without prurience, tells the story of James Morris s hidden life and how he decided to bring it into the open, as he resolved first on a hormone treatment and, second, on risky experimental surgery that would turn him into the woman that he truly was. Read Conundrum By Jan Morris – kino-fada.fr I had to read this book for my Gay and Lesbian English Class, and it isn t a book that I would have naturally picked up However I really was taken aback how much I enjoyed reading about the transition the writer made from James to Jane How it felt to be a man in Wales for 45 years and the to appear back in same village that narrator grew up and was suddenly a woman I was very much fascinated with the parallels between being a man in society, and that of being a woman in society It really is I had to read this book for my Gay and Le...Understanding my identity as a transwoman came about for me in the late 2000 s, and thus most of what I read and learned from was on the internet and not set down in ink and binding Of the trans memoirs I ve held in my hands, this ties with Jamison Green s Becoming a Visible Man as my favorite Whereas Mr Green s is apolitical, academic and recent work, and is imminentlysuited as inspiration and fodder for the kinds of public speaking work I ve been fortunate to engage in, it is al Understanding my identity as a transwoman came about for me in the late 2000 s, and thus most of what I read and learned from was on the internet and not set down in ink and binding Of the trans memoirs I ve held in my hands, this ties with Jamison Green s Becoming a Visible Man as my favorite Whereas Mr Green s is apolitical, academic and recent work, and is imminentlysuited as inspiration and fodder for the kinds of public speaking work I ve been fortunate to engage in, it is also a work that betters helps me understand who I am now, as opposed to who I was for those first 20 or so years.Who I was for my first 20 or so yea...Jan Morris is a very good writer and we re just lucky she decided to also write about her transition as a transgender woman It s a deeply personal memoir of someone who ultimately fought for her right to be happy as herself, and carry on loving life on her own terms Especially interesting here were the pages describing how people s attitudes changed...I knew Jan Morris was trans what I did not know, until a lovely friend of mine lent me this book, was that she d written about that experience But this is indeed a memoir about her trans journey, and her life around that, and what it meant to her as a child of the 1930s and 40s And it s really lovely.Morris prose always has thisI want to say delicate quality, but it srobust than that She doesn t mince words and she s not over effusive or purple She is, however, very evocative Tha I knew Jan Morris was trans what I did not know, until a lovely friend of mine lent me this book, was that she d written about that experience But this is indeed a memoir about her trans journey, and her life around that, and what it meant to her as a child of the 1930s and 40s And it s really lovely.Morris prose always has thisI wan...Ex Bookworm group review Yesterday, I watched a documentary about Freddie Mercury, and it struck me how some people s lives are so muchextraordinary than the lives of most of us Such people do , see , say , they make news, they are capable of influencing people in their thousands This, I thought, is what makes celebrities though, as a society, I think we have lost the plot about who is and is not a celebrity so exciting that others want to know every detail of their lives Ex Bookworm group review Yesterday, I watched a documentary about Freddie Mercury, and it struck me how some people s lives are so muchextraordinary than the lives of most of us Such people do , see , say , they make news, they are capable of influencing people in their thousands This, I thought, is what makes celebrities though, as a society, I think we have lost th...The book as a whole is primarily of interest for historical reasons, and the second half is largely a desperate attempt to reassure a patriarchal society that her transition was no threat to it That s an understandable response to the pressures Ms Morris must have been under in her time and place, but her description of her life post transition is by turns tedious and excruciating to read now, and it was poorly timed in its day cisgender feminists spent the rest of the seventies quoting Ms The book as a whole is primarily of interest for historical reasons, and the second half is largely a desperate attempt to reassure a patriarchal society that her transition was no threat to it That s an understandable response to the pressures Ms Morris must have been under in her time and place, but her description of her life ...I found this a tedious read,about the author s travels than in depth thoughts and feelings about the issue of her transgender issues and life I was expecting to beeducated and I wasn t even really entertained Brave soul but not my favorite book by any means.Jan Morris is an author and was a foreign correspondent, who was part of the famed boy s choir at Oxford and where he returned for his education He served in the second world war, married, had children who he adored, and in 1970 he wrote about his life, as a man and transsexual who eventually crossed that boundary with surgery that allowed her to claim her gender.This was written in 1970 when most people had little understanding of transsexuals I am sure this book had farimpact in the se Jan Morris is an author and was a foreign correspondent, who was part of the famed boy s choir at Oxford and where he returned for his education He served in the second world war, married, had children who he adored, and in 1970 he wrote about his life, as a man and transsexual who eventually crossed that boundary with surgery that allowed her to claim her gender.This was written in 1970 when most people had little understanding of transsexuals I am sure this book had farimpact in the seventies It is hard to judge it from the perspective of the 2017 world we find ourself in Also Jan was born to a class system that most American audiences would not easily identify with, a class of English who wasaccepting of the ecce...Quase que arriscaria dizer que qualquer autobiografia de uma pessoa trans merece ser lida, nem que seja apenas pela pertin ncia vital e urgente da aproxima o experi ncia a que todas as pessoas cis s o em boa medida poupadas durante a sua vida a batalha pela sobreviv ncia dentro do modelo convencional que articula sexo e g nero Se somarmos a isso o facto de estarmos perante uma escritora de primeira leva, e uma cole o de viagens e hist rias capaz de ladear com personagens de grandes roman Quase que arriscaria dizer que qualquer autobiografia de uma pessoa trans merece ser lida, nem que seja apenas pela pertin ncia vital e urgente da aproxima o experi ncia a que todas as pessoas cis s o em boa medida poupadas durante a sua vida a batalha pela sobreviv ncia dentro do modelo convencional que articula sexo e g nero Se somarmos a isso o facto de estarmos perante uma escritora de primeira leva, e uma cole o de viagens e hist rias capaz de ladear com personagens de grandes romances de aventuras, ficam...Dull, too much travel writing for me Very dated in its discussions of women roles in society, and intriguingly but disappointingly something which Jan seems accepting of Valuable from historical perspective.

• English
• 10 November 2017
Jan Morris
• Paperback
• 176 pages
• 1590171896
• Jan Morris
• Conundrum