Blending Genders - Social Aspects of Cross-Dressing and Sex Changing

Considers the treatment of gender blenders by the medical framework, in literature, the press and telephone sex lines and examines its prominence in recent contemporary cultural and queer theory.

List of contents

List of plates, List of contributors, Foreword by Ken Plummer, Acknowledgements, BLENDING GENDERS—AN INTRODUCTION, Part I Experiencing gender blending, Part II The social organisation of gender blending, Part III The medicalisation of gender blending, Part IV Gender blending and the media, Part V Gender blending and gender politics, APPENDIX I, APPENDIX II, Bibliography, Index

About the author

Ekins, Richard; King, David

Summary

Considers the treatment of gender blenders by the medical framework, in literature, the press and telephone sex lines and examines its prominence in recent contemporary cultural and queer theory.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Ekins, Ekins Richard, David King, King David
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.1995
• EAN: 9780415115520
• ISBN: 978-0-415-11552-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Weight: 510 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, Gender studies, gender groups, Gay & Lesbian studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / General, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics