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Sex Itself (Paperback)
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Sex Itself (Paperback)
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Human genomes are 99.9 percent identical--with one prominent
exception. Instead of a matching pair of X chromosomes, men carry a
single X, coupled with a tiny chromosome called the Y. 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, Sex Itself examines the
interaction between cultural gender norms and genetic theories of
sex from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present,
postgenomic age. Using methods from history, philosophy, and gender
studies of science, Sarah S. Richardson uncovers how gender has
helped to shape the research practices, questions asked, theories
and models, and descriptive language used in sex chromosome
research. From the earliest theories of chromosomal sex
determination, to the mid-century hypothesis of the aggressive XYY
supermale, to the debate about Y chromosome degeneration, to the
recent claim that male and female genomes are more different than
those of humans and chimpanzees, Richardson shows how cultural
gender conceptions influence the genetic science of sex.Richardson
shows how sexual science of the past continues to resonate, in ways
both subtle and explicit, in contemporary research on the genetics
of sex and gender. With the completion of the Human Genome Project,
genes and chromosomes are moving to the center of the biology of
sex. Sex Itself offers a compelling argument for the importance of
ongoing critical dialogue on how cultural conceptions of gender
operate within the science of sex.
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