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Author Amato, Viola, author.

Title Intersex narratives : shifts in the representation of intersex lives in North American literature and popular culture / Viola Amato.

Publication Info. Bielefeld : Transcript Verlag, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (315 pages).
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Series Queer studies ; volume 12
Queer studies ; Bd. 12.
Summary Intersex narratives explores representations of 'intersex' -- more specifically, of intersex persons, intersex communities, and intersex as a cultural concept and epistemological category -- in North American literature and visual culture from 1993 to 2014.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-315).
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Approaching Intersex: Conceptual and Theoretical Framework -- 3. The Intersex Movement of the 1990s: Speaking Out Against Medical and Narrative Violence -- 4. Challenging Dominant Narratives From Within: Autobiography as a Critical Reflection on the Paradigm Shift in Intersex Narratives -- 5. Reimagining Intersex: Literary Renegotiations of the Dis/Continuities between Hegemonic Narratives and the Recognition of 'Difference' -- 6. Screening Intersex at Prime Time: Intersex in/as a State of Emergency and Popular Culture's Un/Acceptable Interventions -- 7. "We Exist, We Are Human, We Are Everywhere among You": A Conclusion.
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Language In English.
Subject Intersex people.
Intersex people.
Intersexuality in literature.
Intersexuality in literature.
Popular culture.
Popular culture.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Subject Intersex people.
In: Title is part of the collection: De Gruyter Rights, Action, and Social Responsibility
Other Form: Print version: 9783839434192
Print version: Amato, Viola. Intersex narratives. Bielefeld : Transcript, [2016] 9783837634198 (OCoLC)947159426
ISBN 383943419X (electronic book)
9783839434192 (electronic book)
9783837634198 (electronic book)
3837634191 (electronic book)
Standard No. 9783837634198
10.14361/9783839434192