Self-Made Men Identity and Embodiment among Transsexual Men.pdf

Self- Made Men

Made

Identity and

Embodiment

among

Transsexual

Men

H E N R Y R U B I N

V A N D E R B I L T U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S

Self-

Men

First Edition 2003

This book is printed on acid-free paper.

Manufactured in the United States of America

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Rubin, Henry, 1966-

Self made men : identity, embodiment, and recognition

among transsexual men / Henry Rubin.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-8265-1434-0 (cloth : alk. paper)

ISBN 0-8265-1435-9 (pbk. : alk. paper)

1. Female-to-male transsexuals. 2. Female-to-male

transsexuals—Identity. I. Title.

HQ77.9 .R83 2003

305.9’066—dc21

2002155487

Dedicated with love to my mother and father