Mistaken Gender: 5-Alpha Reductase Hermaphroditism and Biological Reductionism in Sexual Identity Reconsidered

Biomedical research on a rare hermaphroditic condition among males of the rural Dominican Republic has supported biologically reductionist explanations of male gender identity development. I reinterpret this research by comparison to a parallel case among the Sambia of Papua New Guinea. Meanings of...

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Veröffentlicht in:American Anthropologist. - American Anthropological Association, 1888. - 92(1990), 2, Seite 433-446
1. Verfasser: Herdt, Gilbert (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 1990
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:American Anthropologist
Schlagworte:Social sciences Health sciences Philosophy Behavioral sciences Biological sciences