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Bound to the dual-sex/gender system: (trans) gendering and body modification as narcissistic self regard [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This chapter looks at the way that transsexuals neotiate their body projects, by balancing their ego ideals, bodily intactness and social roles. I draw on a reconstituted notion of (positive) narcissism to eplain the various modalities of transsexual ...
Davy, Zowie
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Strong boys and supergirls? School professionals’ perceptions of students’ mental health and gender in secondary school

open access: yesEducation Inquiry, 2019
During the first decades of the twenty-first century, adolescents’ perceived stress has been reported to be an important factor in explaining the health problems among students in Swedish schools. Based on interviews with key professionals working in the
Ylva Odenbring
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Body Image in Long Distance Runners [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
In lieu of an abstract, below is the essay\u27s first paragraph. How would you describe the ideal runner’s body? Would you say it is tall or short? Skinny or fat? Muscular or lean? Is it the same as society’s ideal female’s body?
Hull, Meghan
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“Man? Where’s a man? Don’t let him go!”: Molina’s Trans/gender Web in Interpretation and Performance

open access: yes, 2015
Using perspectives typical of English and theatrical fields of study, this capstone project interprets Molina from Manuel Puig’s 1976 novel Kiss of the Spider Woman as a heterosexual transgender woman and then investigates why such an interpretation does
Smith, Bella V
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