Emotion work in the public performances of male-to-female transsexuals

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 702-712

  Schrock, Douglas P ^a   Boyd, Emily M ^b   Leaf, Margaret ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion work; Gender performativity; Passing; Transsexuals

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MALE TO FEMALE TRANSSEXUAL; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 70349250382     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-007-9280-2     Document Type: Article

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