S/he
Subtitle: changing sex and changing clothes
By: Claudine Griggs.
Series: Dress, body, culture,
Publisher: Berg
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Oxford, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
Subjects: Transsexuals.; Sex change.; Transsexuals -- Costume.; Costume -- Symbolic aspects.; Costume -- Psychological aspects.; Costume -- Social aspects.
Other titles: Changing sex and changing clothes
Description: This book examines understanding of how gender can and does function in powerful, complex, and subtle ways. Highlighting how the gender identity of transsexuals relates to hormonal and surgical changes in the body as well as to changes in dress, the book investigates the pressures and motivations to conform to expected gender roles, and the ways in which these are affected by social, educational, and professional status.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 152-153) and index.