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S/he - Changing Sex and Changing Clothes (Hardcover, First)
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S/he - Changing Sex and Changing Clothes (Hardcover, First)
Series: Dress, Body, Culture
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Through an examination of the experience of transsexuals, this book
enhances understanding of how gender can and does function in
powerful, complex and subtle ways. The author, who has herself been
surgically reassigned, has conducted extensive interviews with
transsexuals from many walks of life. Her personal experiences,
which inform this book, have given her an access to her subjects
that others would likely be denied. While highlighting how the
gender identity of transsexuals relates to hormonal and surgical
changes in the body as well as to changes in dress, the book
investigates the pressures and motivations to conform to expected
gender roles, and the ways in which these are affected by social,
educational, and professional status. Differences in the
experiences of those who change from male to female and those who
change from female to male are also examined.
Sex reassignment has been the focus of considerable media attention
recently, as increasing numbers of people feel able to talk frankly
about their personal experiences with gender dysphoria. Strides
with medical technology have given transsexuals new opportunities
in their lives. This book provides unique insights into how these
changes are seen by those people most affected them.
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