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Author:   Richard Ekins
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.362kg
ISBN:  

9780415106252

ISBN 10:   0415106257
Pages:   202
Publication Date:   19 December 1996
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of Figures, Foreword, PROLOGUE, Part I Introduction, 1. THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FACES OF CROSSDRESSING AND SEX-CHANGING, Part II Mainly theory, 2. REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE FROM THE STANDPOINT OF GROUNDED THEORY, 3. THE SOCIAL WORLDS OF CROSS-DRESSING AND SEX-CHANGING, 4. MALE FEMALING, MASKED AWARENESS CONTEXTS AND THE METHODOLOGY OF GROUNDED THEORY, Part III Mainly practice, 5. BEGINNING MALE FEMALING, 6. FANTASYING MALE FEMALING, 7. DOING MALE FEMALING, 8. CONSTITUTING MALE FEMALING, 9. CONSOLIDATING MALE FEMALING, 10. CONCLUSION, Notes, Bibliography, Index

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... among the best in recent literature....highly informative....Elkins offers a major new theoretical approach. <br>- Transformation <br>... the book is worth reading. Ekins has selected vivid cases of gender arrangements and encourages readers to think about them in the broadest possible way. <br>- American Journal of Sociology <br> The author's theory of male femaling is surely quite original and challenges simplistic or one-dimensional views of the formation of gender identity. <br>- Choice <br>... Etkins offers a conceptually rich description of a wide variety of behaviors. Etkins makes a valuable contribution to understanding gender as performance.... <br>-Richard Tewksbury, University of Louisville Contemporary Sociology <br>

... among the best in recent literature....highly informative....Elkins offers a major new theoretical approach. - Transformation ... the book is worth reading. Ekins has selected vivid cases of gender arrangements and encourages readers to think about them in the broadest possible way. - American Journal of Sociology The author's theory of male femaling is surely quite original and challenges simplistic or one-dimensional views of the formation of gender identity. - Choice ... Etkins offers a conceptually rich description of a wide variety of behaviors. Etkins makes a valuable contribution to understanding gender as performance.... -Richard Tewksbury, University of Louisville Contemporary Sociology

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