{"product_id":"the-transgender-phenomenon-9780761971634","title":"The Transgender Phenomenon","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eCHOICE MAGAZINE Outstanding Academic Title for 2007\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The field of transgender and transpositionality has been carved out as a new field of inquiry in the past decade, showing the fragmentation and diversification of masculinities and feminities - along with the error of any sharp polarisation. Dave King and Richard Ekins are the leading world sociologists in this field and have mined it richly since the 1970′s. The book brings together a brilliant synthesis of history, case studies, ideas and positions as they have emerged over the past thirty years, and brings together a rich but always grounded account of this field, providing a state of the art of critical concepts and ideas to take this field further during the twenty first century. This is a must read for all interested in this new area of inquiry ′ - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKen Plummer, Professor of Sociology, University of Essex. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eEditor of\u003ci\u003e Sexualities\u003c\/i\u003e. Author of \u003ci\u003eIntimate Citizenship \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e An outstanding survey of the evolution of trans phenomena, splendidly written, highly informative, scholarly at its best, yet easy to read even for those neither trans nor sociologist. Drs Ekins and King, experts in the field, unroll the panoramas of sex, gender, and transgendering that have evloved during the last decades. For everyone wanting to understand the interaction of women and men and of those who cannot or will not identify with either of these two cataegories, reading this book is a must, and a real pleasure′ - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eProfessor Friedmann Pfaefflin, University of ULM\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In a work destined to be a classic, Ekins and King offer a comprehensive overview of the diversity of contemporary transgender expression, along with an impressive conceptual framework for making sense of that diversity. The abundant case vignettes bring the authors′ concepts to life and make the book a pleasure to read′ - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDr Anne Lawrence, Clinical Sexologist in Private Practice, Seattle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An outstanding survey of the evolution of trans phenomena, splendidly written, highly informative, scholarly at its best, yet easy to read even for those neither trans nor sociologist. Drs Ekins and King, experts in the field, unroll the panoramas of sex, gender, and transgendering that have evloved during the last decades. For everyone wanting to understand the interaction of women and men and of those who cannot or will not identify with either of these two cataegories, reading this book is a must, and a real pleasure′ - \u003cp\u003eThis groundbreaking study sets out a framework for exploring transgender diversity for the new millennium. It sets forth an original and comprehensive research and provides a wealth of vivid illustrative material.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on two decades of fieldwork, life history work, qualitative analysis, archival work and contact with several thousand cross-dressers and sex-changers around the world, the authors distinguish a number of contemporary transgendering  stories′ to illustrate: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e the binary male\/female divide;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e the interrelations betwen sex, sexuality and gender;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e the interrelations between the main sub-processes of transgendering.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWonderfully insightful, \u003cb\u003eThe Transgender Phenomenon\u003c\/b\u003e develops an original and innovative conceptual framkework for understanding the full range of the transgender experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Ekins, Dave King\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sage Publications Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/21\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.32h x 6.46w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780761971634\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2007 pg. 153","brand":"Sage Publications Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40123151024243,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_14e04a8b-7d31-49cd-9a4e-aafeb22ca90e.jpg?v=1653833953","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-transgender-phenomenon-9780761971634","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}