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Gender and the science of difference : cultural politics of contemporary science and medicine / edited by Jill A. Fisher.

Other author/creatorFisher, Jill A., 1976-
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoNew Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press,
Descriptionvii, 249 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
Series Studies in modern science, technology, and the environment
Studies in modern science, technology, and the environment. ^A1129065
Contents Gendering science : contextualizing historical and contemporary pursuits of difference / Jill A. Fisher -- Sex differences are not hardwired / Lesley J. Rogers -- Looking for difference? Methodology is in the eye of the beholder / Bonnie B. Spanier and Jessica D. Horowitz -- Evaluating threat, solving mazes, and having the blues : gender differences in brain-imaging studies / Claudia Wassmann -- Telling the rat what to do : laboratory animals, science, and gender / Lynda Birke -- Why do voles fall in love? Sexual dimorphism in monogamy gene research / Angela Willey and Sara Giordano -- What made those penguins gay? Gender and sexuality politics in the zoo / K. Smilla Ebeling and Bonnie B. Spanier -- Intersex treatment and the promise of trauma / Iain Morland -- The western "lesbian" agenda and the appropriation of non-western transmasculine people / Sel J. Hwahng -- Facial feminization and the theory of facial sex difference : the medical transformation of elective intervention to necessary repair / Heather Laine Talley -- The proportions of fat in genetics of obesity research / Shirlene Badger -- Making male sexuality : hybrid medical knowledge and erectile dysfunction in Mexico / Emily Wentzell.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2010040714
ISBN9780813550466 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0813550467 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9780813550473 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0813550475 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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