Changing sex : transsexualism, technology, and the idea of gender /
Changing Sex takes a bold new approach to the study of transsexualism in the twentieth century. By addressing the significance of medical technology to the phenomenon of transsexualism, Bernice L. Hausman transforms current conceptions of transsexuality as a disorder of gender identity by showing ho...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Durham :
Duke University Press,
1995.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Changing Sex takes a bold new approach to the study of transsexualism in the twentieth century. By addressing the significance of medical technology to the phenomenon of transsexualism, Bernice L. Hausman transforms current conceptions of transsexuality as a disorder of gender identity by showing how developments in medical knowledge and technology make possible the emergence of new subjectivities. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 245 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-238) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780822396277 0822396270 |