{"product_id":"changing-sex-and-bending-gender-9781845450533","title":"Changing Sex and Bending Gender","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAnthropologists and historians have shown us that 'male' and 'female' are variously defined historically and cross-culturally. The contributions to this volume focus on the voluntary and involuntary, temporary or permanent transformation of gender identity. Overall, this volume provides powerful and compelling illustrations of how, across a wide range of cultures, processes of gender transformation are shaped within, and ultimately constrained by, social and political context. From medical responses to biological ambiguity, legal responses to cases brought by transsexuals, the historical role of the eunuch in Byzantium, the social transformation of gender in Northern Albania and in the Southern Philippines, to North American 'drag' shows, English pantomime and Japanese kabuki theatre, this volume offers revealing insights into the ambiguities and limitations of gender transformation\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“Overall, the book is a marvellous example of cross-discipline contributions to one topical subject - sex and gender - and anyone curious, or concerned, about historical and cultural constructions of sex and gender should pick it up. As the first in the \u003c\/i\u003eSocial Identities\u003ci\u003e Series, this reviewer will be interested in future volumes and contributions to the subject.”\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Third Space: A Journal of Feminist \u0026amp; Film Culture\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“…texts such as \u003c\/i\u003eChanging Sex and Bending Gender\u003ci\u003e are so necessary. An engaging and interesting text, this book should appeal to a wide audience – from those now to the topic to those who have explored this gendered path before.”\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Anthropological Forum\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tPreface\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eShirley Ardener\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Changing sex and bending gender: an introduction \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eAlison Shaw\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tDefining sex and gender\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tChanging bodily sex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tLong-term gender transformations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tWomen in transformed gender roles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tWomen disguised as men\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tWomen with ‘manly’ attributes, and the issue of sexuality\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tMen in transformed gender roles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tTemporary gender transformations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tWomen playing men on the stage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tMen playing women on the stage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 2\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e. Is it a boy, or a girl? The challenges of genital ambiguity \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eAlison Shaw\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tIntersex conditions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tReactions to intersex births\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tBotched pots, unnatural horrors and supernatural blessings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t‘Correcting’ intersex infants\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tLessons from the Dominican Republic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tConclusions and implications\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eWhy should biological sex be decisive? Transsexualism before the European Court of Human Rights \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eMarie-Bénédicte Dembour\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Convention\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe cases\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tTypical facts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Court’s reasoning in transsexual cases\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tJudge Martens’ critique of ‘Biological Sex is Decisive’\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tA false positive\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe denial of legal fatherhood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tA tightening majority\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tVictory at last\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe ‘normalisation’ of transsexual human rights issues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTwo views on the gender identity of Byzantine eunuchs\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eShaun Tougher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tEunuchs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tEunuchs in Byzantium\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Image of eunuchs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe texts: Claudian and Theophylact\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe negative view: Claudian’s In Eutropium (I and II)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe positive answer: Theophylact’s In Defence of Eunuchs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tA comparison\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eThe third sex in Albania: an ethnographic note\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eRoland Littlewood\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAntonia Young\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe historical setting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t‘A woman is a sack made to endure’: gender and the customary law\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tSworn virgins\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThree into two\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eLiving like men, loving like women: tomboi in the Southern Philippines\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eMark Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe locality\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tEthnographic encounters with tomboi in the Southern Philippines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tLiving ‘like men’\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tLoving ‘like women’\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t‘Women who do bad things’: hegemonic masculinity and compulsory heterogender\/sexuality\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe question of tomboi likeness and being\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eOne of the gals who’s one of the guys: men, masculinity and drag performance in North America \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eFiona Moore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tDrag as an expression of masculinity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tDragged up on deck: the setting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tMore man than you’ll ever be: drag as gay male art form\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tRocky Horror? Straight men and drag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tPassing women: the views of performers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tMasculinity, sexuality and liminality: discussion and conclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMale dames and female boys: cross-dressing in the English pantomime\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eShirley Ardener\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tEnglish vulgar comedy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tA potted history of pantomime\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tStory lines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tDames\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tDress and make-up\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tWomen, drag and female impersonators\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tPrincipal Boys\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tCommentary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eCross-dressing on the Japanese stage\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eBrian Powell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tFemale actors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tMale actors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tTwo contrasting onnagata\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tTakarazuka\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tEmergence of the actress in Japanese theatre culture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tChange and changelessness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tNotes on contributors\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042963128663,"sku":"9781845450533","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781845450533.jpg?v=1750956421","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/changing-sex-and-bending-gender-9781845450533","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}