Sex, Gender and Science

by: Myra J. Hird

Sex, Gender and Science
Author: Myra J. Hird

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

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Format: Electronic book text

Publication date: 05 November 2004

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ISBN: 023051071X ISBN 13: 9780230510715 This product is an E-publication based on: Sex, Gender and Science (2004)

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In Sex, Gender and Science, Myra Hird outlines the social study of science and nature, specifically in relation to 'sex', sex 'differences' and sexuality. She examines how Western understandings of 'sex' are based less upon understanding material sex differences, than on a discourse that emphasizes sex dichotomy over sex diversity and argues for a feminist engagement with scientific debate that embraces the diversity and complexity of nature. With a talent for explaining scientific terms and research in clear and non-threatening language, the author also describes new developments in the natural sciences, providing those readers who find themselves grappling with 'the body' and 'difference', tools to analyse how physical processes of change and differentiation take place. Contextualised descriptions of the biological elements typically used to explain sexual difference (gametes, skeletons, hormones, genes and sexual reproduction), a glossary of terms and carefully selected reading suggestions make Sex, Gender and Science the place to turn for everything a social scientist wanted to know about sex but was too embarrassed to ask. Top page

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Publisher & Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan

City: Basingstoke

Pages: 216

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Age recommended: College/higher education

Subject Indexing & Classification Dewey:(DC22) 305.3

Departments: Biology, life sciences;

Record updated at: 25 April, 2013 time: 19:54

Summary Sex, Gender and Science Introduction Making Sex, Making Sexual Difference The Body of Sexual Difference New Materialism, Nonlinear Biology, and the Superabundance of Diversity The Nonlinear Evolution of Human Sex Sex Diversity in Non-Human Animals Sex Diversity in Human Animals How to Have Sex Without Women or Men Glossary of Terms Bibliography Top page

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