Title: S/he
First published: 1998
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.
Subjects: Costume, Psychological aspects, Psychological aspects of Costume, Sex change, Social aspects, Social aspects of Costume, Symbolic aspects, Symbolic aspects of Costume, Transsexuals, Clothing and dress, Clothing, Costume, psychological aspects, Clothing and dress, social aspects, Gender transition, Sociological aspects, Hormone therapy, Gender reassignment surgery, Fashion & society
LC classification: HQ77.9 .G75 1998