Gendered Bodies

Gendered Bodies
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
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ISBN-10 : 0199732450
ISBN-13 : 9780199732456
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Book Synopsis Gendered Bodies by : Judith Lorber

Download or read book Gendered Bodies written by Judith Lorber and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on key themes that reveal how gendered relations, ideologies, and practices shape human bodies. At the same time, it shows how human bodies are linked to other significant axes of inequality based on racial ethnic group, disability, sexuality, class, culture, religion, age, and nation. This second edition incorporates sixteen new selections on such topics as evolution and motherhood; breastfeeding; breast cancer; the effects of height on men; job discrimination and transgendered people; world champion runner Caster Semenya and sex verification; disability, gender, and embodiment; and Palestinian female suicide bombers.

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