"Hermaphrodites and the Medical Invention of Sex takes us inside the doctors' chambers to see how and why medical and scientific men construed sex, gender, and sexuality as they did, and especially how the material conformation of hermaphroditic bodies - when combined with socia…
Hermaphrodites, monstrous births, and same-sex intimacy in early America -- From monsters to deceivers : early 19th century -- The conflation of hermaphrodites and sexual perverts at the turn of the century -- Cutting the gordian knot : gonads, marriage, and surgery 1920s and 19…
Analysis of three hundred European case histories of people whose sex was doubted.
"Few words are as steeped in beliefs about gender, sexuality, and social desirability as "motherhood". Drawing on queer, postcolonial, and feminist theory, historical sources, personal narratives, film studies, and original empirical research, the authors in this book offer quee…
"A Queer New York" traces geographies of lesbians, dykes, and queers"
The first lesbian and queer historical geography of New York CityOver the past few decades, rapid gentrification in New York City has led to the disappearance of many lesbian and queer spaces, displacing some of the most marginalized members of the LGBTQ+ community. In A Queer N…
"A Queer New York" traces geographies of lesbians, dykes, and queers"--
"A Queer New York" traces geographies of lesbians, dykes, and queers"-- "The first lesbian and queer historical geography of New York City. Over the past few decades, rapid gentrification in New York City has led to the disappearance of many lesbian and queer spaces, displacing…
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.
This book explores representations of intersex - intersex persons, intersex communities, and intersex as a cultural concept and knowledge category - in contemporary North American literature and popular culture. The study turns its attention to the significant paradigm shift in …
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.
"When sociologist Georgiann Davis was a teenager, her doctors discovered that she possessed XY chromosomes, marking her as intersex. Rather than share this information with her, they withheld the diagnosis in order to "protect" the development of her gender identity; it was year…
"When Georgiann Davis was a teenager, her doctors discovered that she possessed XY chromosomes, marking her as intersex. Rather than share this information with her, they withheld the diagnosis in order to 'protect' her gender identity; it was years before Davis would see her ow…
"When Georgiann Davis was a teenager, her doctors discovered that she possessed XY chromosomes, marking her as intersex. Rather than share this information with her, they withheld the diagnosis in order to 'protect' her gender identity; it was years before Davis would see her ow…
"When sociologist Georgiann Davis was a teenager, her doctors discovered that she possessed XY chromosomes, marking her as intersex. Rather than share this information with her, they withheld the diagnosis in order to "protect" the development of her gender identity; it was year…
"Vast, erotic, irreverant magnum opus on the city of Delhi. The principal narrator of the saga, which extends over six hundred years, is a bawdy, ageing [sic] reprobate who loves Delhi as much as he does the hijda whore Bhagmati--half man, half woman with the sexual inventivenes…
