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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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Durham :
Duke University Press,
1995.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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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 (262 pages): illustrations |
ISBN: | 9780822396277 |