Gender Nonconformity, Race, and Sexuality: Charting the Connections

by Toni P. Lester

How are culturally constructed stereotypes about appropriate sex-based behavior formed? If a person who is biologically female behaves in a stereotypically masculine manner, what are the social, political, and cultural forces that may police her behavior? And how will she manage her gendered image in response to that policing? Finally, how do race, ethnicity, or sexuality inform the way that sex-based roles are constructed, policed, or managed?
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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299181448
• ISBN13: 9780299181444
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"