In Search of Eve: Transsexual Rites of Passage

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An absorbing account of the sociocultural aspects of gender transition. . . . [a] carefully crafted, clearly written monograph which scholars of both sexuality and gender can profitably read. Contemporary Sociology A fascinating study, perceptive and well written, an excellent piece of work. Martin S. Weinberg, Indiana University Anne Bolin illuminates the array of social, psychological and physical changes experienced by a group of people in the process of changing gender.

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"A fascinating study, perceptive and well written, and an excellent piece of work."-Martin S. Weinberg Indiana University
"In Search of Eve is an absorbing account of the sociocultural aspects of gender transition. . . . [Bolin] has produced a carefully crafted, clearly written monograph which scholars of both sexuality and gender can profitably read. I would recommend it also for upper-level students in such courses. The book contains many fascinating insights and new findings."-Contemporary Sociology
"The literature relating to transsexuals is small, and this study by an anthropologist, based on her observations while hanging out' with members of the Berdache Society, comprises a valuable addition to it. . . . Her discussions of how [her clients] learn to manipulate the therapists whose approval they need to undergo sex change surgery constitutes one of the most interesting aspects of the book."-Small Press Book Review
[A]n absorbing account of the sociocultural aspects of gender transition . . . [A] carefully crafted, clearly written monograph which scholars of both sexuality and gender can profitably read.-Contemporary Sociology
In Search of Eve is an absorbing account of the sociocultural aspects of gender transition. . . . [Bolin] has produced a carefully crafted, clearly written monograph which scholars of both sexuality and gender can profitably read. I would recommend it also for upper-level students in such courses. The book contains many fascinating insights and new findings.-Contemporary Sociology
The literature relating to transsexuals is small, and this study by an anthropologist, based on her observations while hanging out' with members of the Berdache Society, comprises a valuable addition to it. . . . Her discussions of how [her clients] learn to manipulate the therapists whose approval they need to undergo sex change surgery constitutes one of the most interesting aspects of the book.-Small Press Book Review
Valuable . . . the reader discovers what it feels like to be a transsexual.-Choice
"An absorbing account of the sociocultural aspects of gender transition . . . A carefully crafted, clearly written monograph which scholars of both sexuality and gender can profitably read."-Contemporary Sociology
"[A]n absorbing account of the sociocultural aspects of gender transition . . . [A] carefully crafted, clearly written monograph which scholars of both sexuality and gender can profitably read."-Contemporary Sociology
"Valuable . . . the reader discovers what it feels like to be a transsexual."-Choice