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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 the narratives on int...
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oapen-20.500.12657-305652024-03-25T09:51:37Z Intersex Narratives Amato, Viola Literature Intersex Autobiography Popular Culture Medicine Gender Body Queer Theory Feminism Activism Sexuality Gender Studies Cultural Studies Sex organ Social norm thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSJ LGBTQ+ Studies / topics 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 the narratives on intersex that occurred within early 1990s intersex activism in response to biopolitical regulations of intersex bodies. Focusing on the emergence of recent autobiographical stories and cultural productions like novels and TV series centering around intersex, Viola Amato provides a first systematic analysis of an activism-triggered resignification of intersex. 2018-02-01 23:55:55 2020-03-17 03:00:32 2020-04-01T13:01:36Z 2020-04-01T13:01:36Z 2016-02-15 book 645344 OCN: 938788600 9783839434192 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30565 eng Queer Studies application/pdf n/a 645344.pdf transcript Verlag 101246 b30a6210-768f-42e6-bb84-0e6306590b5c b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9783839434192 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Bielefeld, Germany 101246 KU Select 2017: Backlist Collection Knowledge Unlatched open access |
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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 the narratives on intersex that occurred within early 1990s intersex activism in response to biopolitical regulations of intersex bodies. Focusing on the emergence of recent autobiographical stories and cultural productions like novels and TV series centering around intersex, Viola Amato provides a first systematic analysis of an activism-triggered resignification of intersex. |
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