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Thinking Allowed: Nationhood; recognising transgender

02/05/2012

Nationhood; recognising transgender

BBC Radio 4 - Thinking Allowed, Nationhood; recognising transgender

Transgender body modifications and latent nationalism, subjects of two prize-winning books

Laurie Taylor meets the winners of sociology's first book prize. He discusses body modifications chosen by transgender people, and the place of nationalism amongst the English.

What drives people to make the often difficult choices to change their bodies and change their gender? How is the everyday affection for one's country changing in English life? Laurie Taylor discusses issues of transsexuals and the body modifications they choose. Also the place of ordinary English nationalism, as he meets the joint winners of The British Sociological Association's Philip Abrams first book prize. 
Producer: Charlie Taylor.

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