Third Sex, Third Gender : Beyond Sexual Dimorphism in Culture and History
, by Gilbert Herdt (Ed.)Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780942299823 | 0942299825
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 6/6/1996
In the 1990s, questions of sex roles and individual identity have taken a central position in intellectual debates. These eleven essays in history and anthropology offer a novel perspective on these debates by questioning the place of sexual dimorphism in culture and history. They propose a new role for the study of alternative sex and gender systems in cultural science, as a means of critiquing thinking that privileges standard male/female gender distinctions and rejects the natural basis of other forms of sexuality. Distributed for Zone Books