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Record Nr.

UNISA996202041403316

Autore

Ekins Richard <1945->

Titolo

Male Femaling [[electronic resource] ] : A grounded theory approach to cross-dressing and

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Routledge, 1996

ISBN

1-134-84473-5

1-280-32030-3

0-203-42645-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 p.)

Disciplina

305.3

305.3220

306.77

Soggetti

Sex role

Social psychology

Transsexualism

Cross-dressing

Social Science

Gender & Ethnic Studies

Social Sciences

Gender Studies & Sexuality

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of Figures; Foreword; PROGLOGUE; THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FACES OF CROSS-DRESSING AND SEX-CHANGING; REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE FROM THE STANDPOINT OF GROUNDED THEORY; THE SOCIAL WORLDS OF CROSS-DRESSING AND SEX-CHANGING; MALE FEMALING, MASKED AWARENESS CONTEXTS AND THE METHODOLOGY OF GROUNDED THEORY; BEGINNING MALE FEMALING; FANTASYING MALE FEMALING; DOING MALE FEMALING; CONSTITUTING MALE FEMALING; CONSOLIDATING MALE FEMALING; CONCLUSION; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

This unique and fascinating book, meticulously and systematically develops a theory of male femaling which has major ramifications for



both the field of 'transvestism' and 'transsexualism' and for the analysis of sex and gender more generally.