Fuckology: Critical Essays on John Money's Diagnostic Concepts
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| Rating | : | 4.30 (950 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 022618661X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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Money invented the concept of gender in the 1950s, yet fought its uptake by feminists. He shaped the treatment of intersex, advocating experimental sex changes for children with ambiguous genitalia. The book focuses on his three key diagnostic concepts, hermaphroditism,” transsexualism,” and paraphilia,” but also addresses his lesser-known work on topics ranging from animal behavior to the philosophy of science. One of the twentieth century’s most controversial sexologi
The point is not to dismiss sexology – that has been done too often and too quickly in queer studies – but to engage with it in a sustained, scholarly manner. Downing, Morland, and Sullivan do that admirably, identifying the casual contradictions and unpacking the constitutive tensions in Money’s thinking.”. “We see here critical sexuality studies confronting the work of the most influential of modern sexologists, John Money
Greg Lehne said Better than the title implies. Despite the title, this book is interesting and has a lot to offer. I expected it to be a hatchet job by some lit crit people, but it actually is thoughtful in discussing the work of Dr. Money. Sometimes they get as caught up in obtuse terminology as does Dr. Money, but it is still generally readable.