Changing sex, changing self: Theorizing transitions in embodied subjectivity

Men and Masculinities

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 54-70

  Johnson, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embodiment; Masculinity; Social relations; Subjectivity; Transsexualism

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250873908     PISSN: 1097184X     EISSN: 15526828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1097184X07299330     Document Type: Article

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