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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Henry RubinPublisher: Vanderbilt University Press Imprint: Vanderbilt University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.20cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.90cm Weight: 0.458kg ISBN: 9780826514349ISBN 10: 0826514340 Pages: 216 Publication Date: 30 June 2003 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsHenry Rubin has written a fascinating, vivid, and intellectually important book. This is the best contribution in years to the understanding of 'transsexuals' and gender transitions. Rubin combines contemporary life-history interviews, historical documents, and several schools of theory to create a strikingly original interpretation of the nature and history of transgender identities. Written with clarity and passion, this is a book that should be read (and will be enjoyed) by everyone who wants to understand contemporary gender issues. --R. W. Connell Henry Rubin has written a fascinating, vivid, and intellectually important book. This is the best contribution in years to the understanding of 'transsexuals' and gender transitions. Rubin combines contemporary life-history interviews, historical documents, and several schools of theory to create a strikingly original interpretation of the nature and history of transgender identities. Written with clarity and passion, this is a book that should be read (and will be enjoyed) by everyone who wants to understand contemporary gender issues. --R. W. Connell Henry Rubin has written a fascinating, vivid, and intellectually important book. This is the best contribution in years to the understanding of 'transsexuals' and gender transitions. Rubin combines contemporary life-history interviews, historica Self-Made Men raises intriguing questions about the relationships between lesbians and transsexuals, and highlights the importance of the cultural/historical contexts in which these cultural categories are created. His book will make an importan , . . readers of Self-Made Men will gain a thorough understanding of many of the theoretical challenges surrounding transsexual identity, embodiment, and politics. --Feminist Collections Henry Rubin has written a fascinating, vivid, and intellectually important book. This is the best contribution in years to the understanding of 'transsexuals' and gender transitions. Rubin combines contemporary life-history interviews, historical documents, and several schools of theory to create a strikingly original interpretation of the nature and history of transgender identities. Written with clarity and passion, this is a book that should be read (and will be enjoyed) by everyone who wants to understand contemporary gender issues. --R. W. Connell Henry Rubin has written a fascinating, vivid, and intellectually important book. This is the best contribution in years to the understanding of 'transsexuals' and gender transitions. Rubin combines contemporary life-history interviews, historical documents, and several schools of theory to create a strikingly original interpretation of the nature and history of transgender identities. Written with clarity and passion, this is a book that should be read (and will be enjoyed) by everyone who wants to understand contemporary gender issues. --R. W. Connell . . . readers of Self-Made Men will gain a thorough understanding of many of the theoretical challenges surrounding transsexual identity, embodiment, and politics. --Feminist Collections . . . readers of Self-Made Men will gain a thorough understanding of many of the theoretical challenges surrounding transsexual identity, embodiment, and politics. -- Feminist Collections Henry Rubin has written a fascinating, vivid, and intellectually important book. This is the best contribution in years to the understanding of 'transsexuals' and gender transitions. Rubin combines contemporary life-history interviews, historical documents, and several schools of theory to create a strikingly original interpretation of the nature and history of transgender identities. Written with clarity and passion, this is a book that should be read (and will be enjoyed) by everyone who wants to understand contemporary gender issues. <br>--R. W. Connell Author InformationHenry Rubin is a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Tufts University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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