Professing selves : transsexuality and same-sex desire in contemporary Iran / Afsaneh Najmabadi.

Author/creator Najmabadi, Afsaneh, 1946-
Format Book
PublicationDurham : Duke University Press, 2014.
Descriptionxii, 418 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Transness--Iran.
Gender reassignment surgery--Iran.
Gender transition--Iran.
Gender identity--Iran.

Contents Entering the scene -- "Before" transsexuality -- Murderous passions, deviant insanities -- "Around" 1979 : gay Tehran? -- Verdicts of science, rulings of faith -- Changing the terms : playing "Snakes and ladders" with the state -- Living patterns, styles of cognition -- Professing selves : sexual/gender proficiencies.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 305-388) and index.
LCCN 2013025248
ISBN9780822355434 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0822355434 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780822355571 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0822355574 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HQ77.95 .I7 N35 2014 ✔ Available Place Hold