Constructing Gendered Bodies

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. 1 Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Kathryn Backett-Milburn, Linda McKie

      Pages 1-6

3. Sex, Gender and Performing Bodies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7

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   2. Putting the Body’s Feet on the Ground: Towards a Sociological Reconceptualization of Gendered and Sexual Embodiment

      • Stevi Jackson, Sue Scott

      Pages 9-24

   3. Flight Attendants and the Management of Gendered ‘Organizational Bodies’

      • Melissa Tyler, Philip Hancock

      Pages 25-38

   4. Sex, Talk and Making Bodies in the Science Lab.

      • Tom Delph-Janiurek

      Pages 39-55

   5. Paradoxical Stories of Prostitution

      • Joanna Phoenix

      Pages 56-81

4. The Social Construction of Gendered Bodies: Signs and Symbols

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83

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   2. The Working Body as Sign: Historical Snapshots

      • Carol Wolkowitz

      Pages 85-103

   3. Walking on the Beaches Looking at the … Bodies

      • Paula Black

      Pages 104-119

   4. The Fabric of Love: a Semiotic Analysis of the Suspender Belt

      • Dana Wilson-Kovacs

      Pages 120-137

5. The Moral and Medical Regulation of Sex, Sexualities and Gender

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139

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   2. From ‘Peter Andre’s six pack’ to ‘I do knees’ — the Body in Young People’s Moral Discourse

      • Rachel Thomson, Sheena Mcgrellis, Janet Holland, Sheila Henderson, Sue Sharp

      Pages 141-161

   3. The Intersexual Body and the Medical Regulation of Gender

      • Myra J. Hird, Jenz Germon

      Pages 162-178

   4. Telling Body Transgendering Stories

      • Richard Ekins, Dave King

      Pages 179-203

   5. Double Damnation: Gay Disabled Men and the Negotiation of Masculinity

      • Terry O’Neill, Myra J. Hird

      Pages 204-223

   6. A Break From the Norm: Exploring the Experiences of Queer Crips

      • Ruth Butler

      Pages 224-242

6. Back Matter

   Pages 243-253

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Interest in sociological study of the body, theoretically and empirically, has increased dramatically in the 1990s. This book builds on this work by bringing together exciting and stimulating research which examines the social and cultural processes involved in the construction of gendered bodies and sexual practices. Contributors explore these issues in a variety of settings ranging from the workplace and leisure industry to social arenas of moral and medical regulation.

• gender
• Moral
• Nation
• organization
• Sex
• sociology

"...a useful introduction to contemporary sociological examinations of gender and sexuality..." --Gender and Society

• Research Unit in Health and Behavioural Change, University of Edinburgh, UK

  Kathryn Backett-Milburn

• Glasgow Caledonian University, UK

  Linda McKie

PAULA BLACK Lecturer in Sociology, University of Manchester RUTH BUTLER Lecturer in Applied Social Research, University of Hull TOM DELPH-JANIUREK Lecturer, Department of Geography, University of Walter, Lampeter RICHARD EKINS Psychoanalyst and Reader in Sociology, University of Ulster, Coleraine JENS GERMON Ph.D. Student, University of Sydney, Australia, PHILIP HANCOCK Lecturer in Sociology and the Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, MYRA HIRD Lecturer, School of Sociology and Social Policy, The Queen's University, Belfast SHEILA HENDERSON Independent Research Consultant JANET HOLLAND Professor of Social Research, Director of the Social Science Research Centre, South Bank University, London, STEVI JACKSON Director of the Centre for Women's Studies, University of York DAVE KING Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work Studies, University of Liverpool SHEENA McGRELLIS Visiting Research Fellow, University of Ulster TERRY O'NEILL Completing research entitled, Managing the Margins: the Constitution of the Gay-Disabled Subject JOANNA PHOENIX Lecturer in Sociology, University of Bath, SUE SCOTT Professor of Sociology, University of Durham SUE SHARP Researcher, Institute of Education, University of London, RACHEL THOMSON Senior Research Fellow, Social Science Research Council, South Bank University MELISSA TYLER Lecturer in Sociology, Glasgow Caledonian University DANA WILSON-KOVACS Researcher, University of Exeter, CAROL WOLKOWITZ Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Warwick.

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