Doubting sex
Inscriptions, bodies and selves in nineteenth-century hermaphrodite case histories
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Public Policy, Social Science, Gender Studies
| Author: | Geertje Mak | ISBN: | 9781847794697 |
| Publisher: | Manchester University Press | Publication: | January 18, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Manchester University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Geertje Mak |
| ISBN: | 9781847794697 |
| Publisher: | Manchester University Press |
| Publication: | January 18, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Manchester University Press |
| Language: | English |
This groundbreaking analysis of nineteenth-century European clinical case histories of hermaphrodites shows how sex changed from an outward appearance inscribed in a social body to something to be found deep inside body and self.
This groundbreaking analysis of nineteenth-century European clinical case histories of hermaphrodites shows how sex changed from an outward appearance inscribed in a social body to something to be found deep inside body and self.
