The Resource Doubting sex : Inscriptions, Bodies and Selves in Nineteenth-century Hermaphrodite Case Histories
Doubting sex : Inscriptions, Bodies and Selves in Nineteenth-century Hermaphrodite Case Histories
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The item Doubting sex : Inscriptions, Bodies and Selves in Nineteenth-century Hermaphrodite Case Histories represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
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- Summary
- "An adolescent girl is mocked when she takes a bath with her peers, because her genitals look like those of a boy. A couple visits a doctor asking to 'create more space' in the woman for intercourse. A doctor finds testicular tissue in a woman with appendicitis, and decides to keep his findings quiet. These are just a few of the three hundred European case histories of people whose sex was doubted during the long nineteenth century that Geertje Mak draws upon in her remarkable new book. How did people deal with such situations? How did they decide to which sex a person should belong? This groundbreaking analysis of clinical case histories shows how sex changed from an outward appearance inscribed in a social body to something to be found deep inside body and self. A fascinating, easy to follow, yet sophisticated argument addressing major issues of the history of body, sex, and self, this volume will fit advanced undergraduate courses, while challenging specialists."--Publisher's website
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (297 pages)
- Contents
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- Introduction
- Inscription. Secrecy and disclosure: politics of containment
- Early sex reassignments and the absence of a sex of self
- Herculine Barbin
- Body. How to get the semen to the neck of the womb
- Justine Jumas: conflicting body politics
- The dislodgement of the person
- Self. Sex assignment around 1900: from a legal to a clinical issue
- The turn inwards
- Scripting the self: N.O. Body's autobiography
- Conclusion
- Isbn
- 9781847794291
- Label
- Doubting sex : Inscriptions, Bodies and Selves in Nineteenth-century Hermaphrodite Case Histories
- Title
- Doubting sex
- Title remainder
- Inscriptions, Bodies and Selves in Nineteenth-century Hermaphrodite Case Histories
- Subject
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- 1800-1899
- Behavior
- Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
- Case Reports
- Congenital Abnormalities
- Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities
- Defense Mechanisms
- Disease
- Disorders of Sex Development
- Disorders of Sex Development -- history
- Endocrine System Diseases
- Female Urogenital Diseases
- Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications
- Gender Identity
- Gender identity
- Gender identity -- History
- Gonadal Disorders
- Group Processes
- HEALTH & FITNESS -- Sexuality
- History
- History
- History, 19th Century
- History, Modern 1601-
- Humanities
- Identification, Psychological
- Intersexuality
- Intersexuality -- History -- 19th century
- Male Urogenital Diseases
- Mental Disorders
- Personality
- Personality Development
- Psychiatry and Psychology
- Psychoanalytic Theory
- Psychological Phenomena and Processes
- Psychological Theory
- Psychology, Social
- Psychosexual Development
- Publication Characteristics
- Role
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gender Studies
- Sex role
- Sex role -- History
- Sexual Behavior -- history
- Sexual and Gender Disorders
- Study Characteristics
- Urogenital Abnormalities
- Sexual Behavior
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "An adolescent girl is mocked when she takes a bath with her peers, because her genitals look like those of a boy. A couple visits a doctor asking to 'create more space' in the woman for intercourse. A doctor finds testicular tissue in a woman with appendicitis, and decides to keep his findings quiet. These are just a few of the three hundred European case histories of people whose sex was doubted during the long nineteenth century that Geertje Mak draws upon in her remarkable new book. How did people deal with such situations? How did they decide to which sex a person should belong? This groundbreaking analysis of clinical case histories shows how sex changed from an outward appearance inscribed in a social body to something to be found deep inside body and self. A fascinating, easy to follow, yet sophisticated argument addressing major issues of the history of body, sex, and self, this volume will fit advanced undergraduate courses, while challenging specialists."--Publisher's website
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Mak, Geertje
- Dewey number
- 616.694009034
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- English
- LC call number
- RC883 .M354 2012
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- NLM call number
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- 2012 F-328
- WJ 11.1
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Intersexuality
- Gender identity
- Sex role
- Disorders of Sex Development
- Psychosexual Development
- Sexual and Gender Disorders
- Urogenital Abnormalities
- Identification, Psychological
- Study Characteristics
- Behavior
- History, Modern 1601-
- Group Processes
- Gonadal Disorders
- Humanities
- Female Urogenital Diseases
- Defense Mechanisms
- Personality Development
- Endocrine System Diseases
- Psychoanalytic Theory
- Psychology, Social
- Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
- Congenital Abnormalities
- Mental Disorders
- Publication Characteristics
- Male Urogenital Diseases
- Psychological Theory
- Disease
- Psychiatry and Psychology
- Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities
- Personality
- Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications
- Psychological Phenomena and Processes
- History
- Sexual Behavior
- Disorders of Sex Development
- Case Reports
- Gender Identity
- Role
- Sexual Behavior
- History, 19th Century
- HEALTH & FITNESS
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Gender identity
- Intersexuality
- Sex role
- Label
- Doubting sex : Inscriptions, Bodies and Selves in Nineteenth-century Hermaphrodite Case Histories
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Inscription. Secrecy and disclosure: politics of containment -- Early sex reassignments and the absence of a sex of self -- Herculine Barbin -- Body. How to get the semen to the neck of the womb -- Justine Jumas: conflicting body politics -- The dislodgement of the person -- Self. Sex assignment around 1900: from a legal to a clinical issue -- The turn inwards -- Scripting the self: N.O. Body's autobiography -- Conclusion
- Control code
- 818847450
- Extent
- 1 online resource (297 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781847794291
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt155565z
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)818847450
- Label
- Doubting sex : Inscriptions, Bodies and Selves in Nineteenth-century Hermaphrodite Case Histories
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Inscription. Secrecy and disclosure: politics of containment -- Early sex reassignments and the absence of a sex of self -- Herculine Barbin -- Body. How to get the semen to the neck of the womb -- Justine Jumas: conflicting body politics -- The dislodgement of the person -- Self. Sex assignment around 1900: from a legal to a clinical issue -- The turn inwards -- Scripting the self: N.O. Body's autobiography -- Conclusion
- Control code
- 818847450
- Extent
- 1 online resource (297 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781847794291
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt155565z
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)818847450
Subject
- 1800-1899
- Behavior
- Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
- Case Reports
- Congenital Abnormalities
- Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities
- Defense Mechanisms
- Disease
- Disorders of Sex Development
- Disorders of Sex Development -- history
- Endocrine System Diseases
- Female Urogenital Diseases
- Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications
- Gender Identity
- Gender identity
- Gender identity -- History
- Gonadal Disorders
- Group Processes
- HEALTH & FITNESS -- Sexuality
- History
- History
- History, 19th Century
- History, Modern 1601-
- Humanities
- Identification, Psychological
- Intersexuality
- Intersexuality -- History -- 19th century
- Male Urogenital Diseases
- Mental Disorders
- Personality
- Personality Development
- Psychiatry and Psychology
- Psychoanalytic Theory
- Psychological Phenomena and Processes
- Psychological Theory
- Psychology, Social
- Psychosexual Development
- Publication Characteristics
- Role
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gender Studies
- Sex role
- Sex role -- History
- Sexual Behavior -- history
- Sexual and Gender Disorders
- Study Characteristics
- Urogenital Abnormalities
- Sexual Behavior
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