Intersex Narratives Shifts in the Representation of Intersex Lives in North American Literature and Popular Culture

Intersex Narratives Shifts in the Representation of Intersex Lives in North American Literature and Popular Culture

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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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Main Author: Amato, Viola (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Bielefeld, Germany transcript Verlag 2016
Series:Queer Studies
Subjects:
Gay & Lesbian studies
Literature
Intersex
Autobiography
Popular Culture
Medicine
Gender
Body
Queer Theory
Feminism
Activism
Sexuality
Gender Studies
Cultural Studies
Sex organ
Social norm
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Summary: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.
ISBN:9783839434192
Access:Open Access

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