Discursive Intersexions
Daring Bodies between Myth, Medicine, and Memoir
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.
Kapitel-Übersicht
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Frontmatter
Seiten 1 - 6 -
Table of Contents
Seiten 7 - 8 -
Acknowledgments
Seiten 9 - 10 -
Introduction: Facing the Octopus
Seiten 11 - 24 -
PART I: Hermaphrodite Narratives
At a Glance I: Hermaphrodite History
Seiten 27 - 44 -
Truth or Dare
Seiten 45 - 110 -
PART II: Intersex Narratives
At a Glance II: Intersex History
Seiten 113 - 140 -
Facts and Figures of Speech in Science and Activism
Seiten 141 - 178 -
Hermaphroditus ♥ Middlesex: Novel Interpretations of Old Myth
Seiten 179 - 216 -
Intersex in Pieces
Seiten 217 - 242 -
Conclusion: Teaching the Octopus
Seiten 243 - 254 -
Appendix Bodies beyond the Binary in Books and Movies: An Anglophone Chronology
Seiten 255 - 260 -
Bibliography
Seiten 261 - 290
2017-05-24, 290 Seiten
ISBN: 978-3-8376-3705-2
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