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Is gender fluid? : a primer for the 21st century / Sally Hines.
When we are born, we are each assigned a gender based on our physical anatomy. But why is it that some people experience such dissonance between their biological sex and their inner identity? Is gender something we are or something we do? Is our expression of gender inborn or does it develop as we grow? Are the traditional binary male and female gender roles relevant in an increasingly fluid and flexible world? This intelligent, stimulating volume assesses the connections between gender, psychology, culture and sexuality, and reveals how individual and social attitudes have evolved over the centuries.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780500293683 (paperback)
- Physical Description: 143 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), photographs ; 23 cm.
- Publisher: London : Thames and Hudson, 2018.
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| General Note: | Includes index. |
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| Subject: | Gender identity. Transgender people. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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Using a visual approach that incorporates many illustrations, this book introduces the concept of gender fluidity and explores different understandings and practices of gender. It discusses how gender has been understood as a social expression of biological sex in different cultures throughout history; gender as a social construct and the impact of social changes on expressions of gender; practices that fall across, between, and beyond the binary categories of female and male; and the ways people challenge the structures of gender through activism. Annotation ©2019 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com) - WW Norton
When we are born, we are each assigned a gender based on our physical anatomy. But why is it that some people experience dissonance between their biological sex and their personal identity? Is gender something we are, or something we do? Is our expression of gender a product of biology, or does it develop based on our environment? Are the traditional binary male and female gender roles relevant in an increasingly fluid and flexible world? Sally Hines, whose work on transgender issues draws on the intersections and disconnections of gender, sexuality, and their biological embodiment, is an ideally well-informed author to explore these questions. Supplementing this text are numerous illustrations that provide an accessible and informative visual component to the book.This intelligent volume in the Big Idea series considers the relations between gender, psychology, culture, and sexuality, examining the evolution of individual and social attitudes over the centuries and throughout the world. - WW Norton
This stimulating entryin the âBig Ideaâ seriesassesses the connectionsbetween gender,psychology, culture, andsexuality, revealing howindividual and socialattitudes have evolvedover the centuries.
