Ftm:

Female-To-Male Transsexuals in Society

INDIANA University Press, 1999 - Social Science - 695 pages

"This is the most comprehensive, professional book to date on FTM transsexualism and the many aspects of their life journeys. For its volume, this book is clearly understandable and reads without excessive use of scientific and academic rhetoric, thus making the book available to a broad audience. It is nonjudgmental, nonsensational, and provocative in its honesty, interpretation, and challenge to the future of societal opinion regarding FTM gender identity." -- Journal of Sex Research

"Holly Devor's exploration of the life experiences and transformations of female-to-male transsexuals richly describes a heretofore neglected topic. Her compelling description provides readers with insights that both contrast with and complement the existing literature on male-to-female transsexuals and other transgendered individuals." -- Contemporary Sociology

"... a landmark in the documentation of the personal lives of transsexual men." -- The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality

"The book alternates specialized academic analysis with the individual studies, and should be of interest to both professionals who work with transsexuals and scholars interested in gender theory." -- Choice

"Writing with an intelligent and accessible style, Dr. Devor balances exposition, analysis, and excerpts from her subjects' interviews to present a coherent picture of what social life is like for FTMs as they find their identity and learn about themselves." -- Jamison "James" Green

The author of the groundbreaking book Gender Blending here turns her attention to the little-known world of female-to-male transsexuals. Who are they? How do they come to know themselves as transsexual? What do they do about it? How do their families cope? Who loves them? What does it mean for the rest of us?

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Unfortunately Devor;s treatment in Gender Blending says much much more about his own experience and life trajectory as an FtM transsexual than it does about the happily-female butch dykes he profiles in his book. Devor's thesis that butch dykes really want to be men is flat wrong, and obscures rather than illuminates the lives of the people he interviewed and profiled.

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One of the first to treat the subject. Pure Sociology, but nonetheless very insightful and groundbreaking.

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FTM: Female-to-Male Transsexuals in Society
FTM: Female-to-Male Transsexuals in Society. By Holly Devor. Bloomington, IL: Indiana University Press, 1997, 695 pages. Cloth, $49.95. ...
www.questia.com/ PM.qst?a=o& se=gglsc& d=5001240126

IFGE Books - FTM - Devor
FTM: Female-to-Male Transsexuals in Society provides a compassionate, intimate, and incisive look at the life experiences of forty-five female-to-male ...
www.ifge.org/ books/ ftm.htm

Aaron H. Devor's Homepage
Devor's second book, FTM: Female-to-Male Transsexuals in Society, provides a detailed, compassionate, intimate, and incisive portrait of the life ...
web.uvic.ca/ ~ahdevor/

Jeffrey M. Dickemann - Words, Words, Words: Talking Transgenders ...
FTM: Female-to-Male Transsexuals in Society. Holly Devor. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1999 (orig. 1997). xxviii + 695 pp. $27.50 paper ...
muse.jhu.edu/ journals/ journal_of_lesbian_and_gay_studies/ v006/ 6.3dickemann.html

JSTOR: Second Skins: The Body Narratives of Transsexuality
FTM: Female-To-Male Transsexuals in Society. By Holly Devor. Blooming- ton: Indiana University Press, 1997. Judith Halberstam, University of California, ...
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TRANSGENDER RESOURCES
FTM - Female-to-Male Transsexuals in Society by Holly Devor Mom, I need to be a girl by Just Evelyn, Walter Trook Publishing, Imperial Beach, CA ...
www.gbpflag.org/ files/ downloads/ TRANSGENDER-RESOURCES.doc

Online Library � FTM Australia
Another, called FTM: Female-to-Male Transsexuals in Society, tracks individuals who make the same kind of change Mr. Devor is making [Read the first chapter ...
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FTM: Female-to-male Transsexuals in Society ~ Holly Devor Indiana University Press Holly Devor. Shanghai Tango: A Memoir ~ Jin Xing Atlantic Books Jin Xing ...
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About the author (1999)

Holly Devor, Professor of Sociology at the University of Victoria, is recognized as an international expert on female gender dysphoria, female transgenderism, and female-to-male transsexuals. Dr. Devor, a member of the International Academy of Sex Research, is also author of the award-winning book Gender Blending: Confronting the Limits of Duality. In recognition of her scholarship, the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality has honored her with the Hugo Biegel Research Award.

Bibliographic information

Title	Ftm: Female-To-Male Transsexuals in Society
Author	Holly Devor
Edition	illustrated, reprint
Publisher	INDIANA University Press, 1999
ISBN	0253212596, 9780253212597
Length	695 pages
Subjects	Social Science › Gender Studies Psychology / Human Sexuality Social Science / Gender Studies

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