Lessons from the intersexed
By: Suzanne J. Kessler.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
Subjects: Hermaphroditism.; Gender identity.
Description: Focusing on intersexuality, having physical gender markers that are neither female or male, the author examines the social institutions that are mobilized to maintain the two seemingly objective sexual categories. She argues that we need to rethink the meaning of gender, genitals and sexuality.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-179) and index.