Judith Lorber and Lisa Jean Moore consider the interface between the social institutions of gender and Western medicine in this brief, lively textbook. They offer a distinct feminist viewpoint to analyze issues of power and politics concerning physical illness. SIGNS labeled the first edition 'a rich and imaginative work.' In the extensively revised second edition of this successful text, the authors add chapters on disability and genital surgeries. They also update and expand their discussions of social epidemiology, AIDS, the health professions, PMS, menopause, and feminist health care. For...
Judith Lorber and Lisa Jean Moore consider the interface between the social institutions of gender and Western medicine in this brief, lively textbook...
Judith Lorber and Lisa Jean Moore consider the interface between the social institutions of gender and Western medicine in this brief, lively textbook. They offer a distinct feminist viewpoint to analyze issues of power and politics concerning physical illness. SIGNS labeled the first edition 'a rich and imaginative work.' In the extensively revised second edition of this successful text, the authors add chapters on disability and genital surgeries. They also update and expand their discussions of social epidemiology, AIDS, the health professions, PMS, menopause, and feminist health care. For...
Judith Lorber and Lisa Jean Moore consider the interface between the social institutions of gender and Western medicine in this brief, lively textbook...
Winner of the Passing the Torch Award from the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies
It has been called sperm, semen, seed, cum, jizz, spunk, gentlemen's relish, and splooge. But however the -tacky, opaque liquid that comes out of the penis- is described, the very act of defining -sperm- and -semen- depends on your point of view. For Lisa Jean Moore, how sperm comes to be known is based on who defines it (a scientist vs. a defense witness, for example), under what social circumstances it is found (a doctor's office vs. a crime...
2007 Choice Outstanding Academic Title
Winner of the Passing the Torch Award from the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies
- -A fascinating reminder of the interconnections between humans and animals... In this intrepid and lively tour of beedom, nature is cultural.- - Gary Alan Fine, author of Sticky Reputations -A unique, important, and fascinating addition to the literature.- - Clinton Sanders, author of Regarding Animals
- -A fascinating reminder of the interconnections between humans and animals... In this intrepid and lively tour of beedom, nature is cultural.- - Gar...
- "A fascinating reminder of the interconnections between humans and animals... In this intrepid and lively tour of beedom, nature is cultural." - Gary Alan Fine, author of Sticky Reputations "A unique, important, and fascinating addition to the literature." - Clinton Sanders, author of Regarding Animals
- "A fascinating reminder of the interconnections between humans and animals... In this intrepid and lively tour of beedom, nature is cultural." - Gar...
This college-level handbook offers a comprehensive and accessible overview of sociological and cultural perspectives on the human body. Organized along the lines of a standard anatomical textbook delineated by body parts and processes, this volume subverts the expected content in favor of providing tools for social and cultural analysis.
Students will learn about the human body in its social, cultural, and political contexts, with emphasis on multiple, contested meanings of the body, body parts, and systems. Case studies, examples, and discussion questions are both US-based and...
This college-level handbook offers a comprehensive and accessible overview of sociological and cultural perspectives on the human body. Organized a...
This college-level handbook offers a comprehensive and accessible overview of sociological and cultural perspectives on the human body. Organized along the lines of a standard anatomical textbook delineated by body parts and processes, this volume subverts the expected content in favor of providing tools for social and cultural analysis. Students will learn about the human body in its social, cultural, and political contexts, with emphasis on multiple, contested meanings of the body, body parts, and systems. Case studies, examples, and discussion questions are both US-based and international....
This college-level handbook offers a comprehensive and accessible overview of sociological and cultural perspectives on the human body. Organized alon...
