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1 online resource (170 pages) |
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Social Identities |
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Social identities.
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| Contents |
List of Illustrations; Preface; Chapter 1: Changing Sex And Bending Gender: An Introduction; Chapter 2: Is It A Boy, Or A Girl? The Challenges Of Genital Ambiguity; Chapter 3: Why Should Biological Sex Be Decisive? Transsexualism Before The European Court of Human Rights; Chapter 4: Two Views On The Gender Identity Of Byzantine Eunuchs; Chapter 5: The Third Sex In Albania: An Ethnographic Note; Chapter 6: Living Like Men, Loving Like Women: Tomboi In The Southern Philippines; Chapter 7: One Of The Gals Who's One Of The Guys: Men, Masculinity, And Drag Performance In North America |
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Chapter 8: Male Dames And Female Boys: Cross-Dressing In the English PantomimeChapter 9: Cross-Dressing On The Japanese Stage; Notes on Contributors; Index |
| Summary |
Anthropologists and historians have shown us that 'male' and 'female' are variously defined historically and cross-culturally. The contributions to this volume focus on the voluntary and involuntary, temporary or permanent transformation of gender identity. Overall, this volume provides powerful and compelling illustrations of how, across a wide range of cultures, processes of gender transformation are shaped within, and ultimately constrained by, social and political context. From medical responses to biological ambiguity, legal responses to cases brought by transsexuals, the historical ro |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Gender identity.
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Sex role.
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Human body -- Social aspects.
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Gender Identity
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Sexual and Gender Disorders
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Gender Role
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sex role.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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Gender identity
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Human body -- Social aspects
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Sex role
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ardener, Shirley, editor
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| ISBN |
9780857458858 |
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085745885X |
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