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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823021703321

Autore

Cealey Harrison Wendy

Titolo

Beyond sex and gender [[electronic resource] /] / Wendy Cealey Harrison and John Hood-Williams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, 2002

ISBN

1-4462-6447-5

0-7619-5599-2

1-283-88142-X

1-4462-2357-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 258 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Hood-WilliamsJohn

Disciplina

305.3

Soggetti

Sex role

Gender identity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 - The Texture of the World; Chapter 2 - The Old Configuration; Chapter 3 - Unpicking the Knot; Chapter 4 - The Mystery of the Visible; Chapter 5 - Timely Bodies; Chapter 6 - Looming outside the Space Station; Chapter 7 - Truth is Slippery Stuff; Chapter 8 - Stories for Sexual Difference; Chapter 9 - The Choreography of Sex; Chapter 10 - A Melancholy Gender; Chapter 11 - The Vagaries of Language; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The authors present a broad ranging argument that the sex/gender distinction is invalid and must be transcended.