| Description |
1 online resource (v, 173 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-170) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface: The Humiliating Practice of Gender Verification -- Preliminaries: The Man-Woman Athlete in the 1930s; or, Gender Reassignment in Pre-War Sport -- The XX-Games: A Short History of Gender Verification -- Dora Ratjen: "Da sei etwas nicht in Ordnung" -- Foekje Dillema: "They say I'm not a girl" -- Ewa Klobukowska: One Chromosome Too Many -- Erika Schinegger: Gender Born or Gender Made? -- Stella Walsh: The Murder of the Polish Flyer -- Maria José Martinez Patiño: The First Protest -- Blackmail and Suicide -- Sarah Gronert: Tennis Anyone? -- Caster Semenya and Dutee Chand: Changing the Rules. |
| Summary |
""In July 1950, a young Dutch intersex woman was expelled from elite competition by the International Amateur Athletic Federation. It turned out to be the beginning of a dark era in the history of women in sport. Dozens of intersex athletes were suspended, although no fraud was ever uncovered. Suspension had pernicious effects on their lives. They hardly appeared in public, lived in solitude, committed suicide or attempted to. Biographies of these banned athletes highlight the unfair play of gender verification and of their exclusion from competition."--Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sports -- Sex differences.
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Sports -- Sex differences. |
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Sports. |
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Sex discrimination in sports.
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Sex discrimination in sports. |
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Intersex athletes.
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Intersex athletes. |
| Indexed Term |
Gender verification |
| Other Form: |
Original 9781476673783 1476673780 (DLC) 2020024478 (OCoLC)1111614696 |
| ISBN |
9781476637013 (electronic book) |
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1476637016 (electronic book) |
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9781476673783 (paperback) |
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1476673780 (paperback) |
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