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02686aam a2200337Ii 4500 001 4C0AD0EEAC6111EEB8E173B432ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240106010032 008 230528t20232023txu 000 1 eng d 020 $a 9781558859791 020 $a 1558859799 035 $a (OCoLC)1380459915 040 $a YDX $b eng $c YDX $d GK8 $d OCLCO $d IUO $d OCLCO $d PNX $d JIU $d SILO 100 1 $a PeÌrez, Emma. 245 10 $a Testimony of a shifter / $c Emma PeÌrez. 264 1 $a Houston, TX : $b Arte PuÌblico, $c [2023] 300 $a 198 pages ; $c 22 cm 520 $a "Imprisoned by the totalitarian government, Dr. Benito Espinoza practices for his weekly interrogations by recounting his story to his thirteen-year-old daughter. He tells her about turning his back on his ability to shift his gender from male to female--to Alejandra--to become a scholar in the Grand Library. Most academics are Residents who inherited their seats and believe Descendants like Ben don't have the intellectual ability to be a person of letters. Ben conforms to the laws against transmuting, so he manages to secure a place in the library. His life's purpose is to prove Descendants are as capable as Residents. But an encounter with a clever, beautiful Descendant leads to his unwitting participation in the rebellion against the Impresario and his White Guards. Soon the shifter is involved with the Rebels, trying to save a younger generation of Descendants and shifters from the horrific experiments and violence perpetrated against them. In a non-linear narrative in which "time is false," author and scholar Emma PÌrez offers a fascinating speculative novel about alternate histories, while pondering race, discrimination and transgender people. Along the route to self-discovery and activism, Benito/Alejandra is inspired by a younger generation that, even while imprisoned in inhuman dungeons, maintains a vision of a utopian future"--Back cover. 650 0 $a Gender identity $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Transgender people $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Totalitarianism $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Persecution $v Fiction. 650 6 $a IdentiteÌ de genre $0 (CaQQLa)201-0377299 $v Romans, nouvelles, etc. $0 (CaQQLa)201-0377299 650 6 $a Transgenres $0 (CaQQLa)201-0377299 $v Romans, nouvelles, etc. $0 (CaQQLa)201-0377299 650 6 $a Totalitarisme $0 (CaQQLa)201-0377299 $v Romans, nouvelles, etc. $0 (CaQQLa)201-0377299 650 6 $a PerseÌcutions $0 (CaQQLa)201-0377299 $v Romans, nouvelles, etc. $0 (CaQQLa)201-0377299 655 7 $a Science fiction. $2 lcgft 941 $a 1 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20240106010409.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4C0AD0EEAC6111EEB8E173B432ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b JIUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search