Title Hermaphroditism, medical science and sexual identity in Spain, 1850-1960 / Richard Cleminson and Francisco Vázquez García

Published Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (x, 270 pages) Series Iberian and Latin American studies Iberian and Latin American studies. Contents Introduction : male, female or in-between? Towards a history of the science of 'hermaphroditism' in Spain, 1850-1960 -- From sex as social status to biological sex -- Between diagnoses : hermaphroditism, hypospadias and pseudo-hermaphroditism, 1870-1905 -- Gonads, hormones and Marañón's theory of intersexuality, 1905-1930 -- From true sex to sex as simulacrum Summary This is the first book in English to analyse the medical category of 'hermaphroditism' in Spain over the period 1850-1960. It attempts to show how the relationship between the male and female body, biological 'sex', gender and sexuality constantly changed in the light of emerging medical, legal and social influences Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Intersexuality -- Spain -- History -- 19th century Intersexuality -- Spain -- History -- 20th century Intersex people -- Spain -- Social conditions -- 19th century Intersex people -- Spain -- Social conditions -- 20th century Gender identity -- Spain -- History -- 19th century Gender identity -- Spain -- History -- 20th century Gender identity. Disorders of Sex Development -- history Gender Identity History, 19th Century History, 20th Century sex role. HEALTH & FITNESS -- Sexuality. MEDICAL -- History. Gender identity Intersexuality Hermaphroditismus Soziale Situation SUBJECT Spain https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013030 Subject Spain Spanien Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Vázquez García, Francisco, 1961- author. ISBN 9780708322796 0708322794 1299200486 9781299200487 1783163798 9781783163793

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