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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Meyerowitz, Joanne J. (Joanne Jay) How sex changed. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2002 (OCoLC)654274727 |
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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Joanne J Meyerowitz |
| ISBN: | 0674009258 9780674009257 |
| OCLC Number: | 50589461 |
| Description: | 363 p., [19] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. Sex change -- 2. "Ex-GI becomes blonde beauty" -- 3. From sex to gender -- 4. A "fierce and demanding" drive -- 5. Sexual revolutions -- 6. The liberal moment -- 7. The next generation. |
| Responsibility: | Joanne Meyerowitz. |
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"Examines changing definitions of gender through the prism of transsexuality, that most mysterious of conditions in which a person is born with normal chromosomes and hormones for one sex but is convinced that he or she is a member of the other. Dr. Meyerowitz shows how mutable the words 'male,' 'female,' 'sex,' and 'gender' have become, and how their meanings have evolved through time. Hers is one of several new books on the subject of the transgendered... In terms of the scientific quandary of gender, [this book] is the most important." - Dinitia Smith, New York Times; "A sober, comprehensive cultural history that... is likely to become a standard reference in the field... One of its great strengths is its examination of the intersection and interaction of science and culture." - Julia M. Klein, The Nation" Read more...
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