Research Catalog

Title

Bodies in doubt [electronic resource] : an American history of intersex / Elizabeth Reis.

Author

Reis, Elizabeth, 1958-

Publication

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.

Details

Description

1 online resource (xvii, 216 p.) : ill.

Uniform Title

Bodies in doubt (Online)

Alternative Title

Bodies in doubt (Online)

Subject

• Intersexuality > United States > History
• Gender identity > United States > History
• Intersex people > Identity > Social aspects > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-208) and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

Hermaphrodites, monstrous births, and same-sex intimacy in early America -- From monsters to deceivers in the early nineteenth century -- The conflation of hermaphrodites and sexual perverts at the turn of the century -- Cutting the gordian knot : gonads, marriage, and surgery in the 1920s and 1930s -- Psychology, john money, and the gender of rearing in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s.

LCCN

2008028739

OCLC

ssj0000335303

Author

Reis, Elizabeth, 1958-

Title

Bodies in doubt [electronic resource] : an American history of intersex / Elizabeth Reis.

Imprint

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-208) and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

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