Sex Itself - The Search for Male and Female in the Human Genome

Tracking the emergence of a new and distinctive way of thinking about sex represented by the unalterable, simple, and visually compelling binary of the X and Y chromosomes, this title examines the interaction between cultural gender norms and genetic theories of sex from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present, postgenomic age.

About the author

Sarah S. Richardson is assistant professor of the history of science and of studies of women, gender, and sexuality at Harvard University. She is coeditor of "Revisiting Race in a Genomic Age." She lives in Chester, CT.

Summary

Tracking the emergence of a new and distinctive way of thinking about sex represented by the unalterable, simple, and visually compelling binary of the X and Y chromosomes, this title examines the interaction between cultural gender norms and genetic theories of sex from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present, postgenomic age.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah S Richardson, Sarah S. Richardson, Sarah Richardson
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.11.2013
• EAN: 9780226084688
• ISBN: 978-0-226-08468-8
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SCIENCE / History, Genetik (nicht-medizinisch), SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, History of Science, Gender studies, gender groups, Genetics (non-medical)