Blind to sameness : sexpectations and the social construction of male and female bodies /

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Author / Creator:	Friedman, Asia.
Imprint:	Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Sex differences (Psychology) -- Social aspects. Sex differences -- Social aspects. Sex recognition (Zoology) -- Social aspects. Body image -- Social aspects. Perception -- Social aspects. Social perception. Transgender people -- Interviews. Blind -- Interviews. Blind. Body image -- Social aspects. Perception -- Social aspects. Sex differences (Psychology) -- Social aspects. Sex differences -- Social aspects. Social perception. Transgender people. Interviews.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11191621

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ISBN:	9780226023779 022602377X 9780226023465 022602346X 9780226023632 022602363X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	What is the role of the senses in how we understand the world? Cognitive sociology has long addressed the way we perceive or imagine boundaries in our ordinary lives, but Asia Friedman pushes this question further still. How, she asks, did we come to blind ourselves to sex sameness?Drawing on more than sixty interviews with two decidedly different populations-the blind and the transgendered-Blind to Sameness answers provocative questions about the relationships between sex differences, biology, and visual perception. Both groups speak from unique perspectives that magnify.
Other form:	Print version: Friedman, Asia. Blind to sameness. Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2013 9780226023465

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