S/He: Changing Sex and Changing Clothes - Couverture souple

Griggs, Claudine

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1859739164 ISBN 13 : 9781859739167

Editeur : Berg Publishers, 2003

Synopsis

GRIGGS, C. S/HE. CHANGING SEX AND CHANGING CLOTHES. OXFORD, 1998, xii 160 p.,. Encuadernacion original. Nuevo.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Through an examination of the experience of transsexuals, this book enhances understanding of how gender can and does function in powerful, complex and subtle ways. The author, who has herself been surgically reassigned, has conducted extensive interviews with transsexuals from many walks of life. Her personal experiences, which inform this book, have given her an access to her subjects that others would likely be denied. While highlighting how the gender identity of transsexuals relates to hormonal and surgical changes in the body as well as to changes in dress, the book investigates the pressures and motivations to conform to expected gender roles, and the ways in which these are affected by social, educational, and professional status. Differences in the experiences of those who change from male to female and those who change from female to male are also examined. Sex reassignment has been the focus of considerable media attention recently, as increasing numbers of people feel able to talk frankly about their personal experiences with gender dysphoria. Strides with medical technology have given transsexuals new opportunities in their lives. This book provides unique insights into how these changes are seen by those people most affected them.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Claudine Griggs teaches at the University of Massachusetts and Rhode Island College.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Berg Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1859739164
• ISBN 13: 9781859739167
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 174