Sex/Gender : Biology in social world /
Fausto-Sterling, Anne
Sex/Gender : Biology in social world / Anne Fausto-Sterling - New York Routledge 2012 - 142p.
Sex/Gender presents a relatively new way to think about how biological difference can be produced over time in response to different environmental and social experiences.
This book gives a clearly written explanation of the biological and cultural underpinnings of gender. Anne Fausto-Sterling provides an introduction to the biochemistry, neurobiology, and social construction of gender with expertise and humor in a style accessible to a wide variety of readers. In addition to the basics, Sex/Gender ponders the moral, ethical, social and political side to this inescapable subject.
An interview with the author! WOMR - The Lowdown with Ira Wood - Sex an Gender Identity with Anne Fausto-Sterling: http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/womr/.jukebox?action=viewMedia&mediaId=1025429
9780415881463
Sex differences
Gender identity
Sex differentiation
Intersexuality
Sex (Biology)
Sex role
305.3 FAU-A
Sex/Gender : Biology in social world / Anne Fausto-Sterling - New York Routledge 2012 - 142p.
Sex/Gender presents a relatively new way to think about how biological difference can be produced over time in response to different environmental and social experiences.
This book gives a clearly written explanation of the biological and cultural underpinnings of gender. Anne Fausto-Sterling provides an introduction to the biochemistry, neurobiology, and social construction of gender with expertise and humor in a style accessible to a wide variety of readers. In addition to the basics, Sex/Gender ponders the moral, ethical, social and political side to this inescapable subject.
An interview with the author! WOMR - The Lowdown with Ira Wood - Sex an Gender Identity with Anne Fausto-Sterling: http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/womr/.jukebox?action=viewMedia&mediaId=1025429
9780415881463
Sex differences
Gender identity
Sex differentiation
Intersexuality
Sex (Biology)
Sex role
305.3 FAU-A