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Constructing Gendered Bodies

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  • © 2001

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Editors:
  1. Kathryn Backett-Milburn

    1. Research Unit in Health and Behavioural Change, University of Edinburgh, UK

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  2. Linda McKie

    1. Glasgow Caledonian University, UK

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Part of the book series: Explorations in Sociology. (EIS)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. 1 Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Kathryn Backett-Milburn, Linda McKie
      Pages 1-6

  4. The Social Construction of Gendered Bodies: Signs and Symbols

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
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    2. The Working Body as Sign: Historical Snapshots

      • Carol Wolkowitz
      Pages 85-103

    3. Walking on the Beaches Looking at the … Bodies

      • Paula Black
      Pages 104-119

    4. The Fabric of Love: a Semiotic Analysis of the Suspender Belt

      • Dana Wilson-Kovacs
      Pages 120-137

  5. The Moral and Medical Regulation of Sex, Sexualities and Gender

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139
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    2. From ‘Peter Andre’s six pack’ to ‘I do knees’ — the Body in Young People’s Moral Discourse

      • Rachel Thomson, Sheena Mcgrellis, Janet Holland, Sheila Henderson, Sue Sharp
      Pages 141-161

    3. The Intersexual Body and the Medical Regulation of Gender

      • Myra J. Hird, Jenz Germon
      Pages 162-178

    4. Telling Body Transgendering Stories

      • Richard Ekins, Dave King
      Pages 179-203

    5. Double Damnation: Gay Disabled Men and the Negotiation of Masculinity

      • Terry O’Neill, Myra J. Hird
      Pages 204-223

    6. A Break From the Norm: Exploring the Experiences of Queer Crips

      • Ruth Butler
      Pages 224-242

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 243-253
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About this book

Interest in sociological study of the body, theoretically and empirically, has increased dramatically in the 1990s. This book builds on this work by bringing together exciting and stimulating research which examines the social and cultural processes involved in the construction of gendered bodies and sexual practices. Contributors explore these issues in a variety of settings ranging from the workplace and leisure industry to social arenas of moral and medical regulation.

Reviews

"...a useful introduction to contemporary sociological examinations of gender and sexuality..." --Gender and Society

Editors and Affiliations

  • Research Unit in Health and Behavioural Change, University of Edinburgh, UK

    Kathryn Backett-Milburn

  • Glasgow Caledonian University, UK

    Linda McKie

About the editors

PAULA BLACK Lecturer in Sociology, University of Manchester RUTH BUTLER Lecturer in Applied Social Research, University of Hull TOM DELPH-JANIUREK Lecturer, Department of Geography, University of Walter, Lampeter RICHARD EKINS Psychoanalyst and Reader in Sociology, University of Ulster, Coleraine JENS GERMON Ph.D. Student, University of Sydney, Australia, PHILIP HANCOCK Lecturer in Sociology and the Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, MYRA HIRD Lecturer, School of Sociology and Social Policy, The Queen's University, Belfast SHEILA HENDERSON Independent Research Consultant JANET HOLLAND Professor of Social Research, Director of the Social Science Research Centre, South Bank University, London, STEVI JACKSON Director of the Centre for Women's Studies, University of York DAVE KING Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work Studies, University of Liverpool SHEENA McGRELLIS Visiting Research Fellow, University of Ulster TERRY O'NEILL Completing research entitled, Managing the Margins: the Constitution of the Gay-Disabled Subject JOANNA PHOENIX Lecturer in Sociology, University of Bath, SUE SCOTT Professor of Sociology, University of Durham SUE SHARP Researcher, Institute of Education, University of London, RACHEL THOMSON Senior Research Fellow, Social Science Research Council, South Bank University MELISSA TYLER Lecturer in Sociology, Glasgow Caledonian University DANA WILSON-KOVACS Researcher, University of Exeter, CAROL WOLKOWITZ Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Warwick.

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