Discursive intersexions : daring bodies between myth, medicine, and memoir /

Life narratives and fiction that represent experiences of hermaphroditism and intersex are at the core of Michaela Koch's study. The analyzed texts from the 19th to the early 21st century are embedded within and contrasted with contemporary debates in medicine, psychology, or activism to reveal...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Koch, Michaela (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bielefeld : Transcript Verlag, [2017]
Series:Praktiken der Subjektivierung ; v. 9.
Subjects:
Intersex people > Identity.
Intersex people > Medical care.
Intersexuality.
Intersexuality > History.
Discourse analysis.
Intersexués > Identité.
Intersexués > Soins médicaux.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gay Studies
Discourse analysis
Intersex people > Identity
Intersexuality
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : facing the octopus
  • At a glance I : hermaphrodite history
  • Truth or dare : the memoirs of Herculine Barbin
  • N.O. Body and the making of a true man
  • At a glance II : intersex history
  • Facts and figures of speech in science and activism
  • Hermaphroditus & Middlesex : novel interpretations of old myth
  • Intersex in pieces : Thea Hillman refuses to know better
  • Conclusion : teaching the octopus
  • Appendix : Bodies beyond the binary in books and movies : an anglophone chronology
  • Bibliography.

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