Blind to sameness : sexpectations and the social construction of male and female bodies /

What is the role of the senses in how we understand the world? Cognitive sociology has long addressed the way we perceive or imagine boundaries in our ordinary lives, but Asia Friedman pushes this question further still. How, she asks, did we come to blind ourselves to sex sameness?Drawing on more t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Friedman, Asia
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Temas:
Sex differences (Psychology) > Social aspects.
Sex differences > Social aspects.
Sex recognition (Zoology) > Social aspects.
Body image > Social aspects.
Perception > Social aspects.
Social perception.
Transgender people > Interviews.
Blind > Interviews.
Différences entre sexes (Psychologie) > Aspect social.
Différences entre sexes > Aspect social.
Reconnaissance sexuelle (Zoologie) > Aspect social.
Image du corps > Aspect social.
Perception > Aspect social.
Perception sociale.
Transgenres > Entretiens.
Personnes aveugles > Entretiens.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gender Studies.
Blind
Body image > Social aspects
Perception > Social aspects
Sex differences (Psychology) > Social aspects
Sex differences > Social aspects
Social perception
Transgender people
Geschlecht
Geschlechtsunterschied
Geschlechtsidentität
Soziale Wahrnehmung
Interpersonale Wahrnehmung
Transsexualität
Interviews
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:What is the role of the senses in how we understand the world? Cognitive sociology has long addressed the way we perceive or imagine boundaries in our ordinary lives, but Asia Friedman pushes this question further still. How, she asks, did we come to blind ourselves to sex sameness?Drawing on more than sixty interviews with two decidedly different populations-the blind and the transgendered-Blind to Sameness answers provocative questions about the relationships between sex differences, biology, and visual perception. Both groups speak from unique perspectives that magnify.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780226023779
022602377X

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