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Author Amato, Viola, author.

Title Intersex narratives : shifts in the representation of intersex lives in North American literature and popular culture / Viola Amato.

Imprint Bielefeld : Transcript Verlag, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (315 pages)
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Series Queer studies ; volume 12
Queer studies ; Bd. 12.
Summary Intersex narratives explores representations of 'intersex' -- more specifically, of intersex persons, intersex communities, and intersex as a cultural concept and epistemological category -- in North American literature and visual culture from 1993 to 2014.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-315).
Note Print version record.
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Approaching Intersex: Conceptual and Theoretical Framework -- 3. The Intersex Movement of the 1990s: Speaking Out Against Medical and Narrative Violence -- 4. Challenging Dominant Narratives From Within: Autobiography as a Critical Reflection on the Paradigm Shift in Intersex Narratives -- 5. Reimagining Intersex: Literary Renegotiations of the Dis/Continuities between Hegemonic Narratives and the Recognition of 'Difference' -- 6. Screening Intersex at Prime Time: Intersex in/as a State of Emergency and Popular Culture's Un/Acceptable Interventions -- 7. "We Exist, We Are Human, We Are Everywhere among You": A Conclusion.
Language In English.
Note This work is licensed under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode
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Access Open Access EbpS
Subject Intersex people.
Intersexuality in literature.
Popular culture.
Popular Culture
Intersexués.
Culture populaire.
popular culture.
Gay and Lesbian studies.
Social groups.
Society and culture: general.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
Gay & Lesbian studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gay Studies.
Intersex people
Intersexuality in literature
Popular culture
Indexed Term Activism.
Autobiography.
Body.
Cultural Studies.
Feminism.
Gender Studies.
Gender.
Medicine.
Popular Culture.
Queer Theory.
Sexuality.
In: Title is part of the collection: De Gruyter Rights, Action, and Social Responsibility
Other Form: Print version: 9783839434192
Print version: Amato, Viola. Intersex narratives. Bielefeld : Transcript, [2016] 9783837634198 (OCoLC)947159426
ISBN 383943419X (electronic bk.)
9783839434192 (electronic bk.)
9783837634198 (electronic bk.)
3837634191 (electronic bk.)
Standard No. 9783837634198
10.14361/9783839434192 doi
AU@ 000058758996
CHBIS 010868329
CHVBK 44157257X
DEBBG BV043599600
DEBSZ 478089902
GBVCP 896611175

 
    
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