As Nature Made Him
As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl is a biography of David Reimer, written by John Colapinto and published February 20, 2001, by Harper Perennial. Reimer was a Canadian man born male but raised as a girl following medical advice and intervention after his penis was severely injured during a botched circumcision in infancy.
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| Author | John Colapinto |
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| Publisher | Harper Perennial |
Publication date | February 20, 2000 |
| Pages | 279 |
| ISBN | 978-0-06-019211-2 |
In 2001, the book was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Nonfiction.
Reception
As Nature Made Him was a New York Times best seller.[1]
Reviews
"Colapinto's storytelling, taut and emotive, never plays the grim tale for its sideshow qualities, nor claims the last word on nature versus nurture."
- Angier, Natalie (February 20, 2000). "X + Y = Z". The New York Times Book Review. p. 10.
- Bockting, Walter O. (2000). "Nurturing Nature and the Nature of Science: Toward Transcendence". The Journal of Sex Research. 37 (4): 378–379. ISSN 0022-4499. JSTOR 3813135.
- Brouwer, Adair (April 2000). "As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl". Quill and Quire. Vol. 66, no. 6. p. 46. ISSN 0033-6491.
- Bull, Chris (April 30, 2000). "Body Politics". The Washington Post.
- Bullough, Vern L. (December 2000). "Book Reviews". Journal of Sex Education and Therapy. 25 (4): 298–299. doi:10.1080/01614576.2000.11074367. S2CID 141617228.
- Cohen-Kettenis, Peggy T. (May 11, 2000). "Book Review". New England Journal of Medicine. 342 (19): 1457–1458. doi:10.1056/NEJM200005113421920.
- DeAngelo, Carol (June 2000). "The Book Review". School Library Journal. Vol. 46, no. 6. pp. 174+.
- Friedman, Richard C. (August 2001). "Book Reviews". Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association. 49 (4): 1452–1456. doi:10.1177/00030651010490041109. S2CID 144157847.
- Gerschick, Thomas J. (April 2002). "Book Reviews". Teaching Sociology. 30 (2): 267. doi:10.2307/3211394. JSTOR 3211394.
- Gilbert, Miqqi Alicia (Fall 2000). "Books". Transgender Tapestry. No. 91. pp. 54–55.
- Hunter, Graeme (January–February 2001). "A Boyhood Stolen". Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity. 14 (1): 64–65.
- "As Nature Made Him". Kirkus Reviews. January 1, 2000.
- LeVay, Simon (May 1, 2000). "Boy, Interrupted". Psychology Today. Vol. 33, no. 3. p. 76.
- Looy, Heather (September–October 2000). "How Not to Do a Sex Change". Books and Culture. 6 (5): 13.
- McGill, Donna A. (August 1, 2001). "Review". The American Biology Teacher. 63 (6): 453. doi:10.2307/4451158. JSTOR 4451158.
- McKenna, Wendy; Kessler, Suzanne J.; Tiefer, Leonore; Schober, Justine M. (2002). "Book Reviews". Archives of Sexual Behavior. 31 (3): 301–306. doi:10.1023/A:1015261105748. S2CID 142488905.
- Nicolai, Kate (2000). "The Pedagogical Value of As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl". The Journal of Sex Research. 37 (4): 379–382. ISSN 0022-4499. JSTOR 3813136.
- "Nonfiction Book Review: As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl". Publishers Weekly. February 2000.
- Stanley, William B.; Stanley, Lynn W. (December 2000). "Book Reviews". Educational Studies. 31 (4): 469–475. doi:10.1207/S15326993ES3104_3. S2CID 218509726.
- Stockwell, Anne (March 14, 2000). "Book Reviews: Incredible Journeys". The Advocate. No. 807. p. 64. ISSN 0001-8996.
- Winkler, Claudia (June 19, 2000). "Boy, Interrupted: A Tale of Sex, Lies, and Dr. Money". The Weekly Standard. Vol. 5, no. 38. pp. 31–34.
References
- "As Nature Made Him". HarperCollins. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
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