Constructing gendered bodies /
edited by Kathryn Backett-Milburn and Linda McKie.
- xix, 253 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Explorations in sociology ; v. 59 .
- Explorations in sociology ; v. 59. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Putting the body's feet on the ground : towards a sociological reconceptualization of gendered and sexual embodiment / Stevi Jackson and Sue Scott -- Flight attendants [sic] and the management of gendered 'organizational bodies' / Melissa Tyler and Philip Hancock -- Sex, talk and making bodies in the science lab / Tom Delph-Janiurek -- Paradoxical stories of prostitution / Joanna Phoenix -- The working body as sign : historical snapshots / Carol Wolkowitz -- Walking on the beaches looking at the ... bodies / Paula Black -- The fabric of love : a semiotic analysis of the suspender belt / Dana Wilson-Kovacs -- From 'Peter Andre's six pack' to 'I do knees' - the body in young people's moral discourse / Rachel Thomson ... [et al.] -- The intersexual body and the medical regulation of gender / Myra J. Hird and Jenz Germon -- Telling body transgendering stories / Richard Ekins and Dave King -- Double damnation : gay disabled men and the negotiation of masculinity / Terry O'Neill and Myra J. Hird -- A break from the norm : exploring the experiences of queer crips / Ruth Butler.
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