| Description |
xii, 158 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Social identities ; v. 1
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Social identities ; v. 1.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"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 transformation of gender in Northern Albania and in the Southern Philippines, to North American 'drag' shows, English pantomime and Japanese kabuki theatre, this volume offers revealing insights into the ambiguities and limitations of gender transformation"--Publisher description. |
| Contents |
Is it a boy, or a girl? : the challenges of genital ambiguity / Alison Shaw -- Why should biological sex be decisive? : transsexualism before the European Court of Human Rights / Marie-Bénédicte Dembour -- Two views on the gender identity of Byzantine eunuchs / Shaun Tougher -- The third sex in Albania : an ethnographic note / Roland Littlewood and Antonia Young -- Living like men, loving like women : tomboi in the southern Philippines / Mark Johnson -- One of the gals who's one of the guys : men, masculinity, and drag performance in North America / Fiona Moore -- Male dames and female boys : cross-dressing in the English pantomime / Shirley Ardener -- Cross-dressing on the Japanese stage / Brian Powell. |
| Subject |
Gender identity.
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Gender identity. |
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Sex role.
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Sex role. |
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Human body -- Social aspects.
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Human body -- Social aspects. |
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Gender identity. |
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Gender roles. |
| Added Author |
Shaw, Alison, 1957-
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Ardener, Shirley.
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| ISBN |
1845450531 hardback |
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184545099X 184545088X (pbk.) |
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