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Paperback. Zustand: New. Print on Demand. This book investigates the medical and social status of individuals who were born with ambiguous or mixed sexual characteristics during the 19th and early 20th centuries. The author traces the history of medical interventions and social attitudes toward hermaphrodites, intersex individuals, and other people with congenital sexual variations. Examining cases from medical journals, local and national newspapers, and court records, the author shows how doctors, lawyers, and the religious community grappled with the category of "hermaphrodite" and how they variously classified and defined these individuals based on their perceived gender characteristics and reproductive potential. The author also discusses how, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the classification of hermaphrodites became increasingly medicalized and pathologized. The book concludes by examining how new surgical techniques, such as sex reassignment surgery, changed the way that hermaphroditism was both understood and treated in the medical community. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780366676880_0
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