Zowie Davy

Recognizing Transsexuals

Personal, Political and Medicolegal Embodiment

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Produktbeschreibung

Recognizing Transsexuals is the first sociological examination of how the bodies of transpeople are figured and reconfigured in socio, politico and medico-legal contexts while considering the impact of these shifts. It will be of interest to those concerned with embodiment, the sociology of law, sexology, medical sociology and gender theory.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 319g
• ISBN-13: 9781138253711
• ISBN-10: 1138253715
• Artikelnr.: 57050863

Autorenporträt

Dr Zowie Davy is Lecturer and Research Assistant in the Department of Sociology at The University of Lincoln, UK

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction Universal Shifts?
Chapter 1a Shifting the Medicolegal Constructions of Transsexuals' Embodiment and Bodily Aesthetics
Chapter 2 Theorizing Trans Embodiment and Bodily Aesthetics
Chapter 3 Recognizing Transmen's Body Projects
Chapter 4 Recognizing Transwomen's Body Projects
Chapter 5 Recognizing Transsexuals' Agency
Chapter 6 Framing Bodies in Trans-Community Organizations (T-CO)
Chapter 7 Conclusion A Springboard from which to Leap