Recognizing Transsexuals Personal, Political and Medicolegal Embodiment

Name: Recognizing Transsexuals Personal, Political and Medicolegal Embodiment
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ISBN: 9781409405658

ISBN-10: 1409405656

ISBN-13: 9781409405658

Edition: 2011

Authors: Zowie Davy

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Recognizing Transsexuals draws on interviews with transsexuals at various stages of transition to offer an original account of transsexual embodiment and bodily aesthetics. Exploring the reasons for which transpeople desire to modify their bodies, it moves away from the focus on gender that characterizes much work on transpeople's embodiment, to investigate the concept of bodily aesthetics. Recent legislation allowing transsexuals to apply for gender recognition provides the context in which transpeople challenge the conventional understandings of what it means to be men and women. The book examines key approaches to recognizing transsexualism from within a variety of fields and considers…

Book details

List price: $125.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 2/28/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 204
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.166
Language: English