Reinventing the Sexes: The Biomedical Construction of Femininity and Masculinity

by Marianne Van Den Wijngaard

Book Overview

Provides an examination of how traditional views of femininity and masculinity have influenced scientific research about sexual differences in the brain. This book chronicles the phallocentric underpinnings of research in the field and the subsequent contribution of feminist intellectual thought to the modification of scientific practice.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253210879
• ISBN13: 9780253210876
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"