Sexing the body : gender politics and the construction of sexuality /

Why do some people prefer heterosexual love while others fancy the same sex? Is sexual identity biologically determined or a product of convention? In this brilliant and provocative book, the acclaimed author of Myths of Gender argues that even the most fundamental knowledge about sex is shaped by t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fausto-Sterling, Anne, 1944-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Basic Books, [2008]
Temas:
Gender identity.
Sex differences.
Sex differentiation.
Intersexuality.
Sex (Biology)
Sex role.
Sex Characteristics
Gender Identity
Sex Differentiation
Sex
Gender Role
Différences entre sexes.
Identité de genre.
Différenciation sexuelle.
Sexualité (Biologie)
Rôle selon le sexe.
sex role.
sex (biological characteristic)
MEDICAL > Reproductive Medicine & Technology.
Gender identity
Intersexuality
Sex differences
Sex differentiation
Sex role
Instructional and educational works
Instructional and educational works.
Matériel d'éducation et de formation.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Dueling dualisms
  • ''That sexe which prevaileth''
  • Of gender and genitals : the use and abuse of the modern intersexual
  • Should there be only two sexes?
  • Sexing the brain : how biologists make a difference
  • Sex glands, hormones, and gender chemistry
  • Do sex hormones really exist? (gender becomes chemical)
  • The rodent's tale
  • Gender systems : toward a theory of human sexuality.

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