Gender Blending: Confronting the Limits of Duality

Devor, Holly

ISBN 10: 0253316375 / ISBN 13: 9780253316370

Published by Indiana University Press, 1989

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178 pages. Ex-university library marks, sunned cover and spine, lightly toned pages; a sound binding. No jacket. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Reference; ISBN: 0253316375. ISBN/EAN: 9780253316370. Inventory No: 219715. Seller Inventory # 219715

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Title: Gender Blending: Confronting the Limits of ...

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Publication Date: 1989

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket

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Synopsis:

"A major contribution to the understanding of gender." �Anne Bolin

"Its readable style achieves a unique balance of the personal with scientific rigor." �Contemporary Sociology

"Holly Devor�s �Gender Blending is a pathfinding study that creates a new frontier in sex and gender research." �Journal of the History of Sexuality

"... a fascinating study... " �Choice

Fifteen women who have to varying degrees rejected traditional femininity, but not their femaleness, discuss their lives with Devor. These women, sometimes mistaken for men, choose to minimize their female vulnerability in a patriarchal world by minimizing their femininity.

Review:

"Devor s Gender Blending is a pathfinding study that creates a new frontier in sex and gender research." Journal of the History of Sexuality

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..". a fascinating study..." Choice

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"A major contribution to the understanding of gender." --Anne Bolin

"Devor's Gender Blending is a pathfinding study that creates a new frontier in sex and gender research." --Journal of the History of Sexuality

"Its readable style achieves a unique balance of the personal with scientific rigor." --Contemporary Sociology

..". a fascinating study..." --Choice