Sally Hines
Auteur van Is Gender Fluid?: A Primer for the 21st Century (The Big Idea Series)
Over de Auteur
Sally Hines is Associate Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies, and Director of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies, at the University of Leeds, UK. Her recent publications include TransForming Gender: Transgender Practices of Identity, Intimacy and Care, Transgender Identities: toon meer Towards a Social Analysis of Gender Diversity (co-edited with Tam Sanger), Theorising Intersectionality and Sexuality (co-edited with Yvette Taylor). toon minder
Werken van Sally Hines
Transgender Identities: Towards a Social Analysis of Gender Diversity (Routledge Research in Gender and Society) (2010) 9 exemplaren
Gender Diversity, Recognition and Citizenship: Towards a Politics of Difference (Citizenship, Gender and Diversity) (2013) 4 exemplaren
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- Leeds University
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- #204,136
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This book is nearly ten years old, but it does a decent job of discussing societal and personal aspects of gender identity despite being hung on a theoretical framework. I particularly enjoyed the personal acccounts, some of which made me stop and think about my own preconceived notions (we all have them no matter how open minded or enlightened we think we are). The research was based on UK participants and their experiences. There was brief mention of cultural differences for broad contrast but not between the participants. They may well have been culturally diverse, but that was not disclosed. So despite being an in-depth study of gender identity, I felt it did not fully represent society. Perhaps I need to find a book on gender identity in culturally diverse societies. All in all, however, a good read...and i suggest the person with whom I 'debated', reads it!… (meer)