M. Hird: Sex, Gender, and Science

Cover: 9781403921772 | Sex, Gender, and Science | M. Hird | Taschenbuch | xi | Englisch

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Beschreibung

In Sex, Gender and Science , Myra Hird outlines the social study of science and nature, specifically in relation to 'sex', sex 'differences' and sexuality. She examines how Western understandings of 'sex' are based less upon understanding material sex differences, than on a discourse that emphasizes sex dichotomy over sex diversity and argues for a feminist engagement with scientific debate that embraces the diversity and complexity of nature.

Über den Autor

MYRA J. HIRD is Queen's National Scholar and Associate Professor in Sociology at Queen's University, Kingston, Canada. She is the author of several articles on new materialism, sexual difference, intersex and trans. She is also the author of Women, Men and Violence: From Childhood to Adulthood, and co-editor (with George C. Pavlich) of Sociology for the Asking.

Zusammenfassung

Provides succinct overview and introduction to major debates in feminism and science

Includes clear explanations of scientific research relating to sexuality and sex differences

Introduces the theory of 'new materialism' to a social science audience unfamiliar with natural science analysis of 'sex' and 'sexual difference'

Provides context for controversial debates in science, such as those to do with bioethics, reproductive technologies, nature/nurture and basis for sexuality

Provides a coherent step-by-step review of the major developments within the field of science for non-scientists

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Making Sex, Making Sexual Difference The Body of Sexual Difference New Materialism, Nonlinear Biology, and the Superabundance of Diversity The Nonlinear Evolution of Human Sex Sex Diversity in Non-Human Animals Sex Diversity in Human Animals How to Have Sex Without Women or Men Glossary of Terms Bibliography

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2004
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Importe
Rubrik:	Sozialwissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	xi 197 S. 1 s/w Illustr. 197 p. 1 illus.
ISBN-13:	9781403921772
ISBN-10:	1403921776
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Hird, M.
Auflage:	2004 edition
Hersteller:	Palgrave Macmillan Palgrave MacMillan UK
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße:	216 x 140 x 12 mm
Von/Mit:	M. Hird
Erscheinungsdatum:	01.11.2004
Gewicht:	0,277 kg