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.

Info autore

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.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Sarah S Richardson, Sarah S. Richardson, Sarah Richardson
• Editore: University Of Chicago Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 06.11.2013
• EAN: 9780226084688
• ISBN: 978-0-226-08468-8
• Pagine: 320
• Serie: emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; 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)