Situated Knowledges of Personal Embodiment: Transgender Activists’ and Psychological Theorists’ Perspectives on ‘Sex’ and ‘Gender’

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 625-645

  Parlee, Mary Brown ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

gender; sex; social constructivism; transgender

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030494647     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354396064005     Document Type: Article

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