Rogers Brubaker is Distinguished Professor of Sociology and UCLA Foundation Chair at the University of California, Los Angeles.

"Brubaker has managed to pull off something quite extraordinary, offering a compelling analysis of gender identity's career … Even readers with substantial knowledge on the topic will find Gender Identity an enlightening and engaging book."Leor Sapir, City Journal"This book is a profound service to anyone who values clarity, sound thinking, and compassion – qualities which have not generally characterized the discourse surrounding 'gender identity.' Drawing on decades of experience as one of the world's top thinkers on human groups, Rogers Brubaker has published the first absolute must-read treatment of gender identity. Anyone with even a faint interest in this subject, regardless of their opinion on it, will benefit from his analysis."Jesse Singal, writer of the newsletter Singal-Minded and co-host of the podcast Blocked and Reported"How, why, and when did it become self-evident that each person possesses a distinct gender identity? With impressive skill, clarity, and erudition, Rogers Brubaker tells a sweeping story of how a now-ubiquitous concept migrated from the periphery to the vital center of contemporary life – transforming myriad social practices, igniting intense political debates, and offering new ways of imagining selfhood."Steven Epstein, author of The Quest for Sexual Health: How an Elusive Ideal Has Transformed Science, Politics, and Everyday Life"This brilliant book extends Rogers Brubaker's masterful body of work on principles of social classification to examine the historical institutionalization of, and struggles over, gender identity as a legible and actionable category of practice. Meticulously researched, impeccably argued, and thoroughly illuminating, Gender Identity shows how this concept has proliferated ways for people to position their inner, subjective sense of self in relation to the sexed and gendered social order. An absolute must-read."Marion Fourcade, University of California, Berkeley"Brubaker's sharply observed analysis is a must-read for anyone interested in how and why the category 'gender identity' has grown, spread, and become seemingly unchallengeable in such a relatively short period of time. Sociology at its best!"Jo Phoenix, Reading University

• Introduction1. Rethinking Gender Identity2. A quiet revolution3. The Contours of ContentionConclusion

Rogers Brubaker is Distinguished Professor of Sociology and UCLA Foundation Chair at the University of California, Los Angeles.

"Brubaker has managed to pull off something quite extraordinary, offering a compelling analysis of gender identity's career … Even readers with substantial knowledge on the topic will find Gender Identity an enlightening and engaging book."Leor Sapir, City Journal"This book is a profound service to anyone who values clarity, sound thinking, and compassion – qualities which have not generally characterized the discourse surrounding 'gender identity.' Drawing on decades of experience as one of the world's top thinkers on human groups, Rogers Brubaker has published the first absolute must-read treatment of gender identity. Anyone with even a faint interest in this subject, regardless of their opinion on it, will benefit from his analysis."Jesse Singal, writer of the newsletter Singal-Minded and co-host of the podcast Blocked and Reported"How, why, and when did it become self-evident that each person possesses a distinct gender identity? With impressive skill, clarity, and erudition, Rogers Brubaker tells a sweeping story of how a now-ubiquitous concept migrated from the periphery to the vital center of contemporary life – transforming myriad social practices, igniting intense political debates, and offering new ways of imagining selfhood."Steven Epstein, author of The Quest for Sexual Health: How an Elusive Ideal Has Transformed Science, Politics, and Everyday Life"This brilliant book extends Rogers Brubaker's masterful body of work on principles of social classification to examine the historical institutionalization of, and struggles over, gender identity as a legible and actionable category of practice. Meticulously researched, impeccably argued, and thoroughly illuminating, Gender Identity shows how this concept has proliferated ways for people to position their inner, subjective sense of self in relation to the sexed and gendered social order. An absolute must-read."Marion Fourcade, University of California, Berkeley"Brubaker's sharply observed analysis is a must-read for anyone interested in how and why the category 'gender identity' has grown, spread, and become seemingly unchallengeable in such a relatively short period of time. Sociology at its best!"Jo Phoenix, Reading University

• Introduction1. Rethinking Gender Identity2. A quiet revolution3. The Contours of ContentionConclusion

Rogers Brubaker is Distinguished Professor of Sociology and UCLA Foundation Chair at the University of California, Los Angeles.

"Brubaker has managed to pull off something quite extraordinary, offering a compelling analysis of gender identity's career … Even readers with substantial knowledge on the topic will find Gender Identity an enlightening and engaging book."Leor Sapir, City Journal"This book is a profound service to anyone who values clarity, sound thinking, and compassion – qualities which have not generally characterized the discourse surrounding 'gender identity.' Drawing on decades of experience as one of the world's top thinkers on human groups, Rogers Brubaker has published the first absolute must-read treatment of gender identity. Anyone with even a faint interest in this subject, regardless of their opinion on it, will benefit from his analysis."Jesse Singal, writer of the newsletter Singal-Minded and co-host of the podcast Blocked and Reported"How, why, and when did it become self-evident that each person possesses a distinct gender identity? With impressive skill, clarity, and erudition, Rogers Brubaker tells a sweeping story of how a now-ubiquitous concept migrated from the periphery to the vital center of contemporary life – transforming myriad social practices, igniting intense political debates, and offering new ways of imagining selfhood."Steven Epstein, author of The Quest for Sexual Health: How an Elusive Ideal Has Transformed Science, Politics, and Everyday Life"This brilliant book extends Rogers Brubaker's masterful body of work on principles of social classification to examine the historical institutionalization of, and struggles over, gender identity as a legible and actionable category of practice. Meticulously researched, impeccably argued, and thoroughly illuminating, Gender Identity shows how this concept has proliferated ways for people to position their inner, subjective sense of self in relation to the sexed and gendered social order. An absolute must-read."Marion Fourcade, University of California, Berkeley"Brubaker's sharply observed analysis is a must-read for anyone interested in how and why the category 'gender identity' has grown, spread, and become seemingly unchallengeable in such a relatively short period of time. Sociology at its best!"Jo Phoenix, Reading University

• Introduction1. Rethinking Gender Identity2. A quiet revolution3. The Contours of ContentionConclusion