Doubting sex : inscriptions, bodies and selves in nineteenth-century hermaphrodite case histories /: inscriptions, bodies and selves in nineteenth-century hermaphrodite case histories. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Geertje Mak.
• Other Names: Mak, Geertje
• Contents: [Pt.] I. Inscription. Secrecy and disclosure : the politics of containment -- Early sex reassignments and the absence of a sex of self -- Herculine Barbin -- [pt.] II. Body. How to get the semen to the neck of the womb -- Justine Jumas : conflicting body politics -- The dislodgement of the person -- [pt.] III. Self. Sex assignment around 1900 : from a legal to a clinical issue -- The turn inwards -- Scripting the self : N.O. Body's autobiography.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Manchester University Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (296 pages)
• Subjects: 616.694009034; Intersexuality -- History -- 19th century; Gender identity -- History; Sex role -- History; Disorders of Sex Development -- history; Gender Identity; Role; Sexual Behavior -- history; History, 19th Century; Gender identity; Intersexuality; Sex role; Case Reports; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781847794291; 1847794297
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.