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Hermaphrodites and the Medical Invention of Sex Pdf

Hermaphrodites and the Medical Invention of Sex
Author: Alice Domurat Dreger
Edition: 1
Binding: Kindle Edition
ISBN: B002OEBI9M


Punctuated with remarkable case studies, this book explores extraordinary encounters between hermaphrodites--people born with "ambiguous" sexual anatomy--and the medical and scientific professionals who grappled with them. Download Hermaphrodites and the Medical Invention of Sex from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. Alice Dreger focuses on events in France and Britain in the late nineteenth century, a moment of great tension for questions of sex roles. While feminists, homosexuals, and anthropological explorers openly questioned the natures and purposes of the two sexes, anatomical hermaphrodites suggested a deeper question: just how many human sexes are there? Ultimately hermaphrodites led doctors and scientists to another surprisingly difficult question: what is sex, really?

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