Reflexivity and the transformation of gender identity: Reviewing the potential for change in a cosmopolitan city

Sociology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 503-521

  Brooks, Ann ^a,c   Wee, Lionel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gender; Habitus; Identity; Reflexivity; Second order desires

Indexed keywords

EID: 44849130047     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038508088825     Document Type: Article

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