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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825538903321

Autore

Februari Maxim

Titolo

The making of a man : notes on transsexuality / / Maxim Februari ; translation by Andy Brown

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] : , : Reaktion Books, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-78023-473-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (126 p.)

Disciplina

306.768092

Soggetti

Transsexualism

Transsexuals - Netherlands

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; The Making of a Man: Notes on Transsexuality; Imprint Page; Contents; Preface; 1. Identity: Gender and Sex; 2. Language and Etiquette: What You Should and Shouldn't Say; 3. Rules and Laws; 4. Body; 5. Society: The Tensions Surrounding the Transition; 6. Testosterone; 7. Relationships; 8. Woman: 'If I Were a Man . . .'; 9. Man: 'As if Men Have it So Easy!'; 10. Famous Figures; End; Acknowledgements and Sources

Sommario/riassunto

In the autumn of 2012, Maxim Februari-known until then as writer and philosopher Marjolijn Februari-announced his intention to live as a man. The news was greeted with a diversity of reactions, from curiosity to unease. These responses made it absolutely clear to Februari that most of us don't know how to think about transsexuality. The Making of a Man explores this lacuna through a deeply personal meditation on a profoundly universal aspect of our identities.Februari contemplates the many questions that sexual transitions entail: the clinical effects of testosterone, the alteration of sexual