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Back to topDoubting Sex: Inscriptions, Bodies and Selves in Nineteenth-Century Hermaphrodite Case Histories (Hardcover)
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Description
This groundbreaking analysis of nineteenth-century European clinical case histories of hermaphrodites shows how sex changed from an outward appearance inscribed in a social body to something to be found deep inside body and self.
About the Author
Geertje Mak is Assistant Professor at the Institute for Gender Studies and the History Department of the Radboud University in Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Praise For…
"Here praxiography moves into history. The result is stunning. Learn how sexed bodies and selves-with-a-sex got crafted in 19th century western Europe. Revel in the productivity of doubt. And enjoy the intellectual pleasure throughout." --Annemarie Mol, Prof. Anthropology of the Body, University of Amsterdam