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.
Bielefeld : [2016]
Edición:1st edition
Colección:Queer Studies 12
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009419805306719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Approaching Intersex: Conceptual and Theoretical Framework
  • The Intersex Movement of the 1990s: Speaking Out Against Medical and Narrative Violence
  • Challenging Dominant Narratives from Within: Autobiography as a Critical Reflection on the Paradigm Shift in Intersex Narratives
  • Reimagining Intersex: Literary Renegotiations of the Dis/Continuities between Hegemonic Narratives and the Recognition 'Difference'
  • Screening Intersex at Prime Time: Intersex in/as a State of Emergency and Popular Culture's Un/Acceptable Interventions
  • "We Exist We are Human, We Are Everywhere Among You": A Conclusion.