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Andy Brown (trans) and
Maxim Februari
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Publication date
May 15, 2015
Pages
124
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781780234441
ISBN-10
1780234449
Dimensions
0.75 by 4.75 by 8 in.
Weight
0.50 lbs.
Published in
Great Britain
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$22.50
Other format details
university press
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Summaries and Reviews
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In the autumn of 2012, Maxim Februariâknown until then as writer and philosopher Marjolijn Februariâannounced his intention to live as a man. The news was greeted with a diversity of reactions, from curiosity to unease. These responses made it absolutely clear to Februari that most of us donât know how to think about transsexuality. The Making of a Man explores this lacuna through a deeply personal meditation on a profoundly universal aspect of our identities.
Februari contemplates the many questions that sexual transitions entail: the clinical effects of testosterone, the alteration of sexual organs, and its effects on sexual intimacy; how transsexuality figures in the law; and how it challenges the way we talk about sex and gender, such as the seemingly minorâbut crucially importantâdifference between the terms âtranssexualâ and âtransgender.â He analyzes our impressions of effeminate men and butch women, separating apparent acceptance from actual prejudice, and critically examines the curious requirement in many countries that one must demonstrate a psychological disturbanceâa âgender identity disorderââin order to be granted sex change therapies. From there he explores the seemingly endless minutiae changing genders or sex effect, from the little box with an M or an F on passports to the shockingly sudden way testosterone can adjust physical features.
With his characteristically clear voice combined with intimateâsometimes moving, sometimes funnyâruminations, Februari wakes readers up to all the ways, big and small, our world is structured by sex and gender.Â
Februari contemplates the many questions that sexual transitions entail: the clinical effects of testosterone, the alteration of sexual organs, and its effects on sexual intimacy; how transsexuality figures in the law; and how it challenges the way we talk about sex and gender, such as the seemingly minorâbut crucially importantâdifference between the terms âtranssexualâ and âtransgender.â He analyzes our impressions of effeminate men and butch women, separating apparent acceptance from actual prejudice, and critically examines the curious requirement in many countries that one must demonstrate a psychological disturbanceâa âgender identity disorderââin order to be granted sex change therapies. From there he explores the seemingly endless minutiae changing genders or sex effect, from the little box with an M or an F on passports to the shockingly sudden way testosterone can adjust physical features.
With his characteristically clear voice combined with intimateâsometimes moving, sometimes funnyâruminations, Februari wakes readers up to all the ways, big and small, our world is structured by sex and gender.Â
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from Reaktion Books (May 15, 2015)
9781780234441 | details & prices | 124 pages | 4.75 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $22.50
About: In the autumn of 2012, Maxim Februariâknown until then as writer and philosopher Marjolijn Februariâannounced his intention to live as a man.
About: In the autumn of 2012, Maxim Februariâknown until then as writer and philosopher Marjolijn Februariâannounced his intention to live as a man.
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