ISBN:
0761971637
,
0761971645
,
9780761971634
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xiv, 263 p)
,
ill
,
24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version The Transgender Phenomenon
DDC:
306.76/8
Keywords:
Transgenderism
;
Sex role
Abstract:
`The field of "transgender" and "transpositionality" has been carved out as a new field of inquiry in the past decade, showing the fragmentation and diversification of masculinities and feminities - along with the error of any sharp polarisation. Dave King and Richard Ekins are the leading world sociologists in this field and have mined it richly since the 1970's. The book brings together a brilliant synthesis of history, case studies, ideas and positions as they have emerged over the past thirty years, and brings together a rich but always grounded account of this field, p
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 - Telling Transgendering Tales; Chapter 2 - Migrating Stories; Chapter 3 - Oscillation Stories; Chapter 4 - Negating Stories; Chapter 5 - Transcending Stories; Chapter 6 - Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [238]-253) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
URL:
http://sk.sagepub.com/books/the-transgender-phenomenon
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