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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Henry RubinPublisher: Vanderbilt University Press Imprint: Vanderbilt University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.90cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.380kg ISBN: 9780826514356ISBN 10: 0826514359 Pages: 216 Publication Date: 30 June 2003 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. 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 Rubin combines contemporary life-history interviews, historical documents, and several schools of theory to create a strikingly original interpretation of the nature and history of transgender identities.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, 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 Rubin combines contemporary life-history interviews, historical documents, and several schools of theory to create a strikingly original interpretation of the nature and history of transgender identities.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 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 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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