Hermaphrodites and the Medical Invention of Sex Paperback - 2000
by Alice Domurat Dreger
Drawing on remarkable case studies, scholar Alice Dreger explores encounters between hermaphrodites--people born with "ambiguous" sexual anatomy--and the medical profession of late 19th-century Britain and France. Comparing protocols applied today in similar situations, this meticulously researced book will compel the attention of anyone interested in the meanings and foundations of sexual identity. 24 photos.
From the rear cover
Hermaphrodites and the Medical Invention of Sex takes us inside the doctors' chambers to see how and why medical and scientific men construed sex, gender, and sexuality as they did, and especially how the material conformation of hermaphroditic bodies - when combined with social exigencies - forced peculiar constructions. Throughout the book Dreger indicates how this history can help us to understand present-day conceptualizations of sex, gender, and sexuality. In an epilogue, she discusses and questions the protocols employed today in the treatment of intersexuals (people born hermaphroditic). Given the history recounted, should these protocols be reconsidered and revised?
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- Title Hermaphrodites and the Medical Invention of Sex
- Author Alice Domurat Dreger
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 3rd Printing
- Pages 268
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harvard University Press, U.S.A.
- Date 2000-03-01
- ISBN 9780674001893 / 0674001893
- Weight 1.06 lbs (0.48 kg)
- Dimensions 9.26 x 6.12 x 0.69 in (23.52 x 15.54 x 1.75 cm)
- Reading level 1640
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- Chronological Period: 1851-1899
- Cultural Region: British
- Cultural Region: French
- Dewey Decimal Code 616.694
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