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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hausman, Bernice L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 1995.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 245 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-238) and index.
ISBN:9780822396277
0822396270