Hermaphrodites and the Medical Invention of Sex by Alice Domurat Dreger

Hermaphrodites and the Medical Invention of Sex

Alice Domurat Dreger

268 pages first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction gender history science challenging informative slow-paced
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Punctuated with remarkable case studies, this book explores extraordinary encounters between hermaphrodites--people born with "ambiguous" sexual anatomy--and the medical and scientific professionals who grappled with them. Alice Dreger focuses on ...

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