Alison (Hrsg.) Shaw

Changing Sex and Bending Gender

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Anthropologists and historians have shown us that 'male' and 'female' are variously defined historically and cross-culturally. The contributions to this volume focus on the voluntary and involuntary, temporary or permanent transformation of gender identity. Overall, this volume provides powerful and compelling illustrations of how, across a wide range of cultures, processes of gender transformation are shaped within, and ultimately constrained by, social and political context. From medical responses to biological ambiguity, legal responses to cases brought by transsexuals, the historical role of the eunuch in Byzantium, the social transforma… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Ardener, Shirley (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-1-84545-053-3
EAN: 9781845450533
Produktnummer: 19825461
Verlag: Berghahn Books
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
Seitenangabe: 158 S.
Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D0.0 cm 363 g
Gewicht: 363
Sonstiges: Tertiary Education (US: College)

Über den Autor

Alison Shaw is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, Department of Public Health. Her research interests include medical anthropology, ethnicity, kinship and social aspects of genetics. Her publications include Kinship and Continuity: Pakistani families in Britain (Harwood/Routledge 2000); A Pakistani Community in Britain (Oxford: Blackwell 1888) and Get by in Hindi and Urdu (1989 BBC Books).