Beyond Sex and Gender

by John Hood-Williams, Wendy Cealey-Harrison, Wendy Cealey Harrison

Book Overview

The central argument of this book is that the sex//gender distinction is invalid and must be transcended. To this end, the work of Foucault, Connell, Goffman, Garfinkel, Butler, Freud, Derrida, Saussure, Lacquer and Kessler and McKenna is woven into a rich and compelling set of arguments. The sex//gender distinction is attacked for producing a series of irresolvable traps. However much one tries to think one′s way out of the dichotomy, one ends...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076195600X
• ISBN13: 9780761956006
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.4"