Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality
Author: Anne Fausto-Sterling Manufacturer: Basic Books Keywords: Biology ISBN: 0465077145
Book description Anyone who has been following the new brain science in the popular press-and even those whose casual reading includes journals along the lines of Psychoneuroendocrinology-will be fascinated by the puckish observations of Brown University biologist Anne Fausto-Sterling, whose provocative and erudite essays easily establish the cultural biases underlying current scientific thought on gender. She goes on to critique the science itself, exposing inconsistencies in the literature and weaknesses in the rhetorical and theoretical structures that support new research. "One of the major claims I make in this book, " she explains, "is that labeling someone a man or a woman is a social decision. We may…
Book review: Understanding Gender Through A New Lens Anne Fausto-Sterling's account of all genders and sexes (not just male/female, but everything in between) provides a humanitarian outlook which demonstrates just how far our culture will go to enforce… Sexing the Body is a thick book, and an important one. The section of footnotes is nearly as long as the text of the book (which can be complicated when reading; I ended up using two bookmarks). That… |
