Semenya's gender: the right to be different
SOURCE: HSRC Review
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2009
TITLE AUTHOR(S): N.Sanger
KEYWORDS: GENDER, IDENTITY, SEMENYA, CASTER
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Intranet: HSRC Library: shelf number 6055
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/4615
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/4615
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2009
TITLE AUTHOR(S): N.Sanger
KEYWORDS: GENDER, IDENTITY, SEMENYA, CASTER
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Intranet: HSRC Library: shelf number 6055
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/4615
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/4615
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Abstract
The controversy surrounding South Africa's new female 800 metre world champion, Caster Semenya, has created a hugely important space in which we can publicly talk about gender and gender presentation in our post-apartheid nation. And if there is one conclusive finding with which we can walk away from this episode, it is that gender and how we present our bodies is extremely important.-
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