Becoming a visible man / Jamison Green.
- Green, Jamison, 1948-
- Date:
- 2004
- Books
About this work
Description
A transsexual activist offers insights into the challenges of gender dysphoria. Born with a female body, and in a lesbian parent relationship prior to sex reassignment surgery, the author explores how we know our sex and discusses the complexities of the answer for those whose sex and gender are mismatched, examining medical options, psychosocial and legal implications, and media representations of "transpeople."
Publication/Creation
Nashville, TN : Vanderbilt University Press, 2004.
Physical description
xii, 231 pages ; 24 cm
Contributors
Edition
First edition.
Contents
1. How Do You Know? -- Coming Out -- Terminology -- Early Dialogues -- Interconnections -- 2. Initiation -- Coming of Age -- The World of Men -- Letting Go of Shame -- Taking Responsible Action -- 3. A Vision of Community -- Lou Sullivan and the FTM Group -- Unconventional Conventions -- Intolerance -- Stepping Up to the Plate -- 4. Body of Knowledge -- Access to Treatment -- Hormone Therapy -- Approaching Surgery -- "Top" Surgery -- "Bottom" Surgery -- Decisions, Decisions -- Genital Geometry -- 5. Transparent Feelings -- Denial -- Fear -- Parents and Trans Children -- Transpeople as Parents -- 6. Consummate Presence -- Desire versus Identity -- The "Threat" of Sexual Uncertainty -- Sex and Validation -- Knowing What's Desired -- 7. Visibility -- Visibility on Screen -- Visibility in Print -- The Visibility Dilemma -- Academic Debates -- Appearances -- Influencing the Course of Treatment -- 8. Willful Destiny -- Physical Proof -- Self-Determination -- Validity.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-223) and index.
Type/Technique
Languages
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineBZP (Green)Open shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 0826514561
- 9780826514561
- 082651457X
- 9780826514578