Women Who Become Men: Albanian Sworn Virgins by Antonia Young

Women Who Become Men: Albanian Sworn Virgins

Antonia Young

224 pages first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction gender challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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Most people conceive of gender as a culturally informed response to a biological imperative. But such rigid notions are overturned by certain women in remote regions of Albania who elect to 'become' men simply for the advantages that accrue to the...

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