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Sissies and Tomboys: Gender Nonconformity and Homosexual Childhood
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Description for Sissies and Tomboys: Gender Nonconformity and Homosexual Childhood
Paperback. An examination of the diagnosis of GID (gender-identity disorder of childhood). It considers how the stigma of illness influences a child's development and what homosexual childhood, freed from the constraints of conventionally acceptable gender expression, might look like. Editor(s): Rottnek, Matthew. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSK; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
In 1973, homosexuality was officially depathologized with a revision in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Psychiatry. In 1980, a new diagnosis appeared: Gender Identity Disorder of Childhood (GID). The shift separated gender from sexuality, while it simultaneously reinforced traditional concepts of "male" and "female" and made it possible for cross-gendered behavior and/or identification to be deemed psychiatric illness.
What is the difference then between a child being called a sissy on the playground and being labeled with a disorder in a psychiatric hospital? Combining theory and personal narrative, this volume interrogates the meaning of "the normal" that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814774847
SKU
V9780814774847
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99-50
About Rottnek
Matthew Rottnek is the former Assistant Director at the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS) of the City University of New York.
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