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Hermaphroditism, Medical Science and Sexual Identity in Spain, 1850-1960 (Iberian and Latin American Studies)

By Richard Cleminson , Francisco Vazquez Garcia

Book information

Year
2010
ISBN
0708322042, 9780708322048
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1452071 bytes)
Pages
288\282
Topic
History
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

How did Spanish doctors conceptualize persons believed to be a mix of the male and female genders during the period of 1850–1960? Such persons disrupted gendered and sexual givens, and from a legal and medical standpoint, required examination and determination according to their true sex in order to permit marriage, inheritance, and a “normal” social life. This volume charts the changing medical discourse on the “hermaphrodite” or “intersex” persons as the interrelationship between the body, biological sex, and gender was constantly reassessed and rewritten, making this the first major study of Spanish hermaphroditism for the period and an important contribution to the growing interest in this subject worldwide.

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