Changing Sex and Bending Gender
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Changing Sex and Bending Gender

Alison Shaw, Shirley Ardener, Alison Shaw, Shirley Ardener

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Changing Sex and Bending Gender

Alison Shaw, Shirley Ardener, Alison Shaw, Shirley Ardener

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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 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.

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Publisher
Berghahn Books
Year
2005
ISBN
9780857458858
Edition
1
Topic
Sozialwissenschaften
Subtopic
Genderforschung
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