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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Main Author: Hausman, Bernice L. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Durham [u.a.] Duke Univ. Press 1995
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:XI, 245 S. Ill.
ISBN:0822316803
0822316927

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