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Sex Changes: Politics of Transgenderism (Paperback)

by Patrick Califia-Rice (Author)
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  • Paperback: 309 pages
  • Publisher: Cleis Press (July 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1573440728
  • ISBN-13: 978-1573440721
  • Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 13.7 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 956,522 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Anaylsis of the Binary Gender System and Who Benefits, 25 July 1998
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The reviewer who claimed that Califia thinks that transexuals should not exist or change their bodies clearly did not read the book. Not only does she protect transexuals, transgenders and gender misfits in general, she praises transsexual Kate Bornstien lavishly, calling her brave, beautiful and brilliant.

What Califia does is question the binary categorization of gender, given that humanity is expressed on a spectrum of gender expression, not two distinct categories. Why do people feel the need to pathologize those that don't cleanly fit? Is changing our bodies giving in or resisting the binary gender discourse? In her introduction she makes clear that only the individual can decide what gender path to take, and that claims of objectivity in gender research or theory should be viewed skeptically. She ultimately upholds personal choice of gender expression, which is varied, not one-or-the-other, and attacks those who judge, medicalize, and pathologize those of! us who refuse to conform to one box or the other. Her chapter on the gender "scientists" of John Hopkins medical school was brilliant.

Excellent work, as usual, from Pat Califia.

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2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars I Couldn't Put this one DOWN!, 2 Sep 1998
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Literally read the entire thing in one sitting. A good, balanced view of transgender and the gender community at large. My partner is now devouring this book, cover to cover.
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2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Insight is sacrificed to academia & trendy queer politics., 16 Jun 1998
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Califia seems to harbor a wish that true transsexuals did not even exist. Her attitude as I read it is that we are all just "queer," each a range of genders, and if everyone would simply get comfortable with the cutting edge of gender play/fluidity/transgression, then no one would feel the need to physically change their sex. This is both absurd and profoundly insulting.

Still, while it fails as an attempt at cultural analysis, the book has some value as an introductory overview of the history of transgender activism and writing. Just brace yourself for the bizarre and irritating misuse of "Nota bene" throughout.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Short-sighted
The Politics of Transgenderism is an interesting commentary on society today, but it falls incredibly short of meaningful, documented research. Read more
Published on 15 Dec 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars Honesty look at the history of transsexualism.
Ms. Califia approaches the history and politics from the viewpoint of what many would call a radical feminist lesbian dyke. While all of these terms do apply to Ms. Read more
Published on 20 Feb 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars Honest Social History
This is a great book on transsexuality, and to a lesser extent, on transgenderism. While Califia spends (understandably) a lot of time on the loudest and most transgressive... Read more
Published on 7 July 1997

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