How Sex Changed - A History of Transsexuality in the United States

Informationen zum Autor Joanne Meyerowitz is Arthur Unobskey Professor of History and American Studies at Yale University and Co-Director of the Yale Research Initiative on the History of Sexualities. Klappentext From early 20th-century sex experiments in Europe, to the saga of Christine Jorgensen, whose sex-change surgery made headlines in 1952, to today¿s growing transgender movement, Meyerowitz gives us the first serious history of transsexuality, focusing on the stories of transsexual men and women themselves. Zusammenfassung From early 20th-century sex experiments in Europe, to the saga of Christine Jorgensen, whose sex-change surgery made headlines in 1952, to today’s growing transgender movement, Meyerowitz gives us the first serious history of transsexuality, focusing on the stories of transsexual men and women themselves.

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• Authors: Joanne Meyerowitz, Joanne J. Meyerowitz, Meyerowitz Joanne
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2004
• EAN: 9780674013797
• ISBN: 978-0-674-01379-7
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 235 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, HISTORY / United States / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Human Sexuality, United States of America, USA, History: specific events and topics, Gender studies, gender groups