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Trouble with gender : sex facts, gender fictions / Alex Byrne.

By: Byrne, Alex [author.]Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Cambridge ; Hoboken : Polity Press, c2024Copyright date: ©2024Description: vii, 298 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781509560011Subject(s): SEX -- PHILOSOPHY | GENDER IDENTITY -- PHILOSOPHY | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / GeneralDDC classification: 306.76 LOC classification: HQ 73 B97 2024

Contents:

Gender, double toil and trouble -- "Gender" trouble -- Clownfish and chromosomes -- I am woman -- The rise of gender identity -- Born in the wrong body -- Is biology destiny? -- True selves and identity crises.

Summary: "In this provocative, bold, and humane book, the philosopher Alex Byrne pushes back against the new gender revolution. Drawing on evidence from biology, psychology, anthropology and sexology, Byrne exposes the flaws in the revolutionary manifesto. The book applies the tools of philosophy, accessibly and with flair, to gender, sex, transsexuality, patriarchy, our many identities, and our true or authentic selves...Revolutions devour their own children, and the gender revolution is no exception. 'Trouble with Gender' joins the forefront of the counter-revolution, restoring sex to its rightful place, at the centre of what it means to be human." -- Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	NU Fairview College LRC	NU Fairview College LRC	Non-fiction	General Circulation	GC HQ 73 B79 2024 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		NUFAI000005411

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"In this provocative, bold, and humane book, the philosopher Alex Byrne pushes back against the new gender revolution. Drawing on evidence from biology, psychology, anthropology and sexology, Byrne exposes the flaws in the revolutionary manifesto. The book applies the tools of philosophy, accessibly and with flair, to gender, sex, transsexuality, patriarchy, our many identities, and our true or authentic selves...Revolutions devour their own children, and the gender revolution is no exception. 'Trouble with Gender' joins the forefront of the counter-revolution, restoring sex to its rightful place, at the centre of what it means to be human." -- Provided by publisher.

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