{"product_id":"ftm-9780253022868","title":"FTM","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this ground-breaking study, Aaron Devor provides a compassionate, intimate, and incisive look at the life experiences of forty-five trans men. Emerging into 21st-century political and social conversations, questions persist. Who are they? How do they come to know themselves as men? What do they do about it? How do their families respond? Who are their lovers? What does it mean for everyone else? To answer these and other questions, Devor spent years compiling in-depth interviews and researching the lives of transsexual and transgender people. Here, he traces the everyday and significant events that coalesce into trans identities, culminating in gender and sex transformations. Using trans men's own words as illustrations, Devor looks at how childhood, adolescence, and adult experiences with family members, peers, and lovers work to shape and clarify their images of themselves as men. With a new introduction, Devor positions the volume in twenty-first century debates of identity polit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the most comprehensive, professional book to date on FTM transsexualism and the many aspects of their life journeys. For its volume, this book is clearly understandable and reads without excessive use of scientific and academic rhetoric, thus making the book available to a broad audience. It is nonjudgmental, nonsensational, and provocative in its honesty, interpretation, and challenge to the future of societal opinion regarding FTM gender identity. (Reviewing a previous edition)\u003c\/p\u003e -- Journal of Sex Research\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDevor's exploration of the life experiences and transformations of female-to-male transsexuals richly describes a heretofore neglected topic. Devor's compelling description provides readers with insights that both contrast with and complement the existing literature on male-to-female transsexuals and other transgendered individuals. (Reviewing a previous edition)\u003c\/p\u003e * Contemporary Sociology *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA landmark in the documentation of the personal lives of transsexual men. (Reviewing a previous edition)\u003c\/p\u003e * The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book alternates specialized academic analysis with the individual studies, and should be of interest to both professionals who work with transsexuals and scholars interested in gender theory. (Reviewing a previous edition)\u003c\/p\u003e -- Choice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriting with an intelligent and accessible style, Dr. Devor balances exposition, analysis, and excerpts from her subjects' interviews to present a coherent picture of what social life is like for FTMs as they find their identity and learn about themselves. (Reviewing a previous edition)\u003c\/p\u003e -- Jamison \"James\" Green\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the most comprehensive, professional book to date on FTM transsexualism and the many aspects of their life journeys. For its volume, this book is clearly understandable and reads without excessive use of scientific and academic rhetoric, thus making the book available to a broad audience. It is nonjudgmental, nonsensational, and provocative in its honesty, interpretation, and challenge to the future of societal opinion regarding FTM gender identity. (Reviewing a previous edition)\u003c\/p\u003e -- Journal of Sex Research\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDevor's exploration of the life experiences and transformations of female-to-male transsexuals richly describes a heretofore neglected topic. Devor's compelling description provides readers with insights that both contrast with and complement the existing literature on male-to-female transsexuals and other transgendered individuals. (Reviewing a previous edition)\u003c\/p\u003e * Contemporary Sociology *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA landmark in the documentation of the personal lives of transsexual men. (Reviewing a previous edition)\u003c\/p\u003e * The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book alternates specialized academic analysis with the individual studies, and should be of interest to both professionals who work with transsexuals and scholars interested in gender theory. (Reviewing a previous edition)\u003c\/p\u003e -- Choice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriting with an intelligent and accessible style, Dr. Devor balances exposition, analysis, and excerpts from her subjects' interviews to present a coherent picture of what social life is like for FTMs as they find their identity and learn about themselves. (Reviewing a previous edition)\u003c\/p\u003e -- Jamison \"James\" Green\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword, 2016 \/ by Jamison Green\u003cbr\u003eForeword, 1997 \/ by Jamison Green\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eNew Introduction\u003cbr\u003eOriginal Introduction\u003cbr\u003ePart I: First Questions\u003cbr\u003e1. Have Female-to-Male Transsexuals Always Existed?\u003cbr\u003e2. Theories about Transsexualism\u003cbr\u003ePart II: Childhood Years\u003cbr\u003e3. Finding Out about Gender: Theories of Childhood Gender Acquisition\u003cbr\u003e4. Family Scenes\u003cbr\u003e5. Who Would Want to Be a Girl?: The Women (and Girls) in Participants' Families\u003cbr\u003e6. Men Rule: The Men (and Boys) in Participants' Families\u003cbr\u003e7. Lessons Learned at Home: Summary of Family Relationships\u003cbr\u003e8. Childhood Friends and Foes: Relationships with Non-Family Members\u003cbr\u003ePart III: Adolescence\u003cbr\u003e9. Adolescence Is about Change\u003cbr\u003e10. Crises at Puberty\u003cbr\u003e11. Adolescent Friendships\u003cbr\u003e12. Women Are Different: Relationships with Female Relatives\u003cbr\u003e13. Access Denied, Restrictions Apply: Relationship with Male Relatives\u003cbr\u003e14. Looking for Love, Groping for Identity: Adolescent Sexuality\u003cbr\u003e15. Concluding Adolescence\u003cbr\u003ePart IV: Pre-Transition Years\u003cbr\u003e16. Finding Identities\u003cbr\u003ePart V: Changing Over\u003cbr\u003e17. A Long Road\u003cbr\u003e18. Making the Decision\u003cbr\u003e19. Making the Changes\u003cbr\u003e20. Coming Out Stories\u003cbr\u003e21. Are We There Yet?\u003cbr\u003ePart VI: Life after Transition\u003cbr\u003e22. Nature Calls: Toilet Traumas and Medical Necessities\u003cbr\u003e23. The Naked Truth about Sexuality\u003cbr\u003e24. Visions of Genders\u003cbr\u003e25. Lessons from the Journey\u003cbr\u003ePart: VII: Concluding\u003cbr\u003e26. Conclusions and Questions\u003cbr\u003eAppendix\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eSubject Index\u003cbr\u003eParticipant Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400559501655,"sku":"9780253022868","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253022868.jpg?v=1730470980","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ftm-9780253022868","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}