| Description |
1 online resource (288 pages). |
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text file PDF |
| Series |
Praktiken der Subjektivierung ; volume 9
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Praktiken der Subjektivierung ; v. 9.
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| Note |
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universität, Oldenburg, 2016. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical reference (pages 261-288). |
| 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. |
| Summary |
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 the processes of negotiation about the meaning of hermaphroditism and intersex. This cultural studies-informed work challenges both strictly essentialist and constructivist notions. It argues for a differentiated perspective on intersex and hermaphrodite experiences as historically contingent, fully embodied, and nevertheless discursive subject positions. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
In English. |
| Subject |
Intersex people -- Identity.
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Intersex people -- Identity. |
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Intersex people -- Medical care.
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Intersex people. |
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Medical care. |
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Intersexuality.
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Intersexuality. |
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Intersexuality -- History.
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Discourse analysis.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. |
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History. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. |
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Discourse analysis. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gay Studies. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Subject |
Intersex people. |
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Intersex variations. |
| Added Title |
Daring bodies between myth, medicine, and memoir |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Koch, Michaela. Discursive intersexions. Bielefeld : Transcript Verlag, [2017] 9783837637052 (OCoLC)1001966818 |
| ISBN |
9783839437056 (PDF) |
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3839437059 (PDF) |
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9783837637052 (paperback) |
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3837637050 (paperback) |
| Standard No. |
10.14361/9783839437056 |
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