Unmaking sex the gender outlaws of nineteenth-century France

Introduction: gender revolution before intersex or transgender -- Part one. A cultural history of "hermaphrodism" from the archives -- Prescribed fictions: stories of "hermaphrodism" vs. true sex -- Outlaws from birth: "doubtful sex" and the civil code -- Part two. Cont...

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1. Verfasser: Linton, Anne E. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, United Kingdom, New York, NY, Port Melbourne Cambridge University Press 2022
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction: gender revolution before intersex or transgender -- Part one. A cultural history of "hermaphrodism" from the archives -- Prescribed fictions: stories of "hermaphrodism" vs. true sex -- Outlaws from birth: "doubtful sex" and the civil code -- Part two. Contextualizing high and low literary narratives -- Is she or isn't he? Plotting ambiguous gender -- Inheriting "hermaphrodism": how degeneration theory changed literature and medicine -- Epilogue: the nineteenth-century roots of contemporary resistance to true sex.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:x, 254 Seiten
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ISBN:9781316511824
978-1-316-51182-4