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The Look of a Woman: Facial Feminization Surgery and the Aims of Trans- Medicine
The Look of a Woman: Facial Feminization Surgery and the Aims of Trans- Medicine
By
Eric Plemons
Eric Plemons

Eric Plemons is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Arizona.

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Duke University Press
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1215/9780822372707
Copyright:
This content is made freely available by the publisher. It may not be redistributed or altered. All rights reserved.
ISBN electronic:
978-0-8223-7270-7
Publication date:
2017
Book Chapter

Interlude: My Adam’s Apple

  • Published:
    August 2017

This interlude recounts an exchange in which a surgeon offered to build the author an Adam’s apple. It shows bodily sex as both playfully plastic and materially constrained.

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