Some Approaches of the Body and its Gendered Difference
Some Approaches of the Body and its Gendered Difference
Author(s): Andrea BaloghSubject(s): Gender Studies
Published by: Universitatea de Vest din Timişoara
Summary/Abstract: Bodies have been classified by modern theories of sexual and racial difference according to anatomical, biological and phenotypic characteristics. Today much mainstream and commonsense thinking still assumes that the body is the obvious and transparent sign of a person’s gender and race, guaranteeing the meanings and values attributed to them. Bodies are seen as the source of the sexually and racially specific characteristics of the individual.
Journal: Gender Studies
- Issue Year: 2004
- Issue No: 03
- Page Range: 135-144
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English