Microcosm Is Gender Fluid Book

Do you have questions about the gender binary and what it means to go beyond it? Consider this your primer.

Academic, yet highly readable, this book makes complex concepts accessible with a magazine-like text format, interspersing interesting visual imagery with text of varying sizes on every page. Whether you are new to exploring complex ideas about gender or hold a degree in gender studies, you will find something worth pondering in this thorough and exploratory book. Read about historical and current research; discourse on the intersections and disconnections of gender and sexuality; and individual and social attitudes over the centuries, throughout the world. Covering psychology, culture, and sexuality, this book asks us to consider: why is it that some people experience dissonance between their assigned biological sex and their personal identity? Is gender something we are, or something we do? Is our expression of gender a product of biology, or does it develop based on our environment?

Author Sally Hines is Chair of Sociology at the University of Sheffield, UK. She has published widely on issues around gender diversity, sexuality, feminism, recognition, and citizenship. 

• Dimensions: length 6” / height 9” / width 0.5”
• Pages: 144
• Author: Sally Hines
• Editor: Matthew Taylor
• Book 3 in Thames & Hudson’s Big Idea Series