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

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: Knowledge Unlatched - KU Select 2017: Backlist Collection funder (funder)
Otros Autores: Amato, Viola, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2016.
Edición:1st edition
Colección:Queer Studies 12
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Sumario: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.
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (317 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9783839434192