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024 30 $a9781845450533 (hbk.)
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245 00 $aChanging sex and bending gender /$cedited by Alison Shaw and Shirley Ardener.
260 $aNew York :$bBerghahn Books,$c2005.
300 $axii, 158 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aSocial identities ;$vv. 1
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $tPreface /$rShirley Ardener -- $g1.$tChanging sex and bending gender : an introduction /$rAlison Shaw -- $g2.$tIs it a boy, or a girl? : the challenges of genital ambiguity /$rAlison Shaw -- $g3.$tWhy should biological sex be decisive? : transsexualism before the European Court of Human Rights /$rMarie-Benedicte Dembour -- $g4.$tTwo views on the gender identity of Byzantine eunuchs /$rShaun Tougher -- $g5.$tThe third sex in Albania : an ethnographic note /$rRoland Littlewood and Antonia Young -- $g6.$tLiving like men, loving like women : tomboi in the Southern Philippines /$rMark Johnson -- $g7.$tOne of the gals who's one of the guys : men, masculinity and drag performance in North America /$rFiona Moore -- $g8.$tMale dames and female boys : cross-dressing in the English pantomime /$rShirley Ardener -- $g9.$tCross-dressing on the Japanese stage /$rBrian Powell.
520 1 $a"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 or 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 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."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aGender identity.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91003756
650 0 $aSex role.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85120663
650 0 $aHuman body$xSocial aspects.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85015232
700 1 $aShaw, Alison,$d1957-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no96010192
700 1 $aArdener, Shirley.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84017341
830 0 $aSocial identities ;$vv. 1.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2005016196
852 00 $bswx$hHQ1075$i.C523 2005
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