The Biopolitical Birth of Gender: Social Control, Hermaphroditism, and the New Sexual Apparatus
This article argues that gender was invented in the 1950s as a new sexual apparatus of biopower. Through a reading of mid-century sexological studies against the background of structural–functionalist and behaviorist theories of social order, it shows how gender was born in the clinic to discipline...
Veröffentlicht in: | Alternatives: Global, Local, Political. - Lynne Rienner Publishers. - 38(2013), 3, Seite 228-244 |
---|---|
1. Verfasser: | |
Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
Sprache: | English |
Veröffentlicht: |
2013
|
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Alternatives: Global, Local, Political |
Schlagworte: | Social sciences Behavioral sciences Biological sciences Philosophy Health sciences |
Online verfügbar |
Volltext |