Changing Sex Transsexualism, Technology, and the Idea of Gender

Name: Changing Sex Transsexualism, Technology, and the Idea of Gender
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ISBN: 9780822316923

ISBN-10: 0822316927

ISBN-13: 9780822316923

Edition: 1995

Authors: Bernice L. Hausman

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This text takes a bold approach to the study of transsexualism. Addressing the significance of medical technology to the phenomenon of transsexualism, it transforms current conceptions of transsexuality as a disorder of gender identity.

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 11/6/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 5.91" wide x 9.84" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Preface


Introduction: Transsexualism, Technology, and the Idea of Gender



Glands, Hormones, and Personality



Plastic Ideologies and Plastic Transformations



Managing Intersexuality and Producing Gender



Demanding Subjectivity



Body, Technology, and Gender in Transsexual Autobiographies



Semiotics of Sex, Gender, and the Body


Epilogue


Notes


Index