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Intersex : A Manifesto Against Medicalization.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morland, Iain.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Intersexuality.
- Intersex people--Medical care.
- Intersex people.
- Intersex people--Psychology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (232 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, 2025.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- Iain Morland, an intersex scholar and advocate--and a former patient--explores why medicalization is so embedded in contemporary society and how to challenge it.
- Contents:
- Intersex : a manifesto against medicalization
- Contents
- Introduction: Deconstructing Intersex Medicine
- 1. The Injured World
- 2. Rushing to Trauma
- 3. Haunted Attachments
- 4. What Can Queer Theory Do for Intersex?
- 5. In Search of Medical Power
- 6. Was Intersex Real?
- Afterword: Resisting Medical Necessity
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-231-56389-2
- 9780231563895
- OCLC:
- 1555343638
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