Sissies and tomboys : gender nonconformity and homosexual childhood /

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Imprint:New York : New York University Press, c1999.
Description:ix, 308 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3853501
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Other authors / contributors:Rottnek, Matthew, 1968-
ISBN:0814774830 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0814774849 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-294) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. I. Gender Identity Disorder (GID) and the Normal. 1. Diagnosis and Treatment of Gender Identity Disorder in Children / Shannon Minter. 2. Ethical Issues in Diagnosing and Treating Gender-Dysphoric Children and Adolescents / Richard R. Pleak. 3. Is Gender Essential? / Anne Fausto-Sterling. 4. Queering the Center by Centering the Queer: Reflections on Transsexuals and Secular Jews / Naomi Scheman
  • Pt. II. Theorizing Gender Nonconformity. 5. Homosexual Boyhood: Notes on Girlyboys / Ken Corbett. 6. Tomboys and Cowgirls: The Girl's Disidentification from the Mother / Dianne Elise. 7. Oh Bondage Up Yours! Female Masculinity and the Tomboy / Judith Halberstam. 8. Sexing the Tomboy / Lee Zevy
  • Pt. III. Sissies and Tomboys Speak. 9. My Life as a Boy / Kim Chernin. 10. Butch in a Tutu / Sara Cytron and Harriet Malinowitz. 11. Such a Polite Little Boy / Arnie Kantrowitz. 12. Las Nenas con las Nenas, Los Nenes con los Nenes / Lawrence M. La Fountain-Stokes. 13. Boys Don't Do That / Michael Lassell. 14. The Boy Who Grew Up to Be a Woman / Jody Norton. 15. The Golden Book of the Civil War / Paul Russell.