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S/S/34. Can gender be seen as a natural category or is it rather, in the societies youre read about, a culturally constructed difference?

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2005
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This essay discusses the degree to which gender is a natural category or a cultural construction. It explores a number of ethnographies, including Kulicks ethnography of transgendered prostitutes, Brandes ethnography of a town in southern Spain and Herdts ethnography of the Sambia.

 

KEYWORDS: gender, seen, natural, category, rather, societies, youre, read, about, culturally, constructed, difference,

 
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