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How sex changed : a history of transsexuality in the United States / Joanne Meyerowitz

Meyerowitz, Joanne J.,i1954- [Verfasser]

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2002

Birmingham, AL, USA : EBSCO Industries, Inc.

1 Online-Ressource (363 pages, [19] pages of plates) : Illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

978-0-674-04096-0 ; 0-674-04096-1

 

A social, cultural, and medical history of transsexuality in the United States discusses early twentieth-century sex experiments, the first sex-change operation, the issues of medical ethics and human rights, and how cultural and scientific factors redefined sexuality.