Francisco Vazquez Garcia

Sex, Identity and Hermaphrodites in Iberia, 1500-1800

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Early modern European thought held that men and women were essentially the same. During the seventeenth century, medical and legal arguments began to turn against this à â Ë one-sexà â â model, with hermaphroditism seen as a medieval superstition. This book traces this change in Iberia in comparison to the earlier shift in thought in northern Europe.

Produktdetails

• "The Body, Gender and Culture"
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 350g
• ISBN-13: 9781138664593
• ISBN-10: 1138664596
• Artikelnr.: 45332097

Autorenporträt

Richard Cleminson, Francisco Vázquez García

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Sex, Gender And Historicity
Chapter 1 Marvels, Monsters and Prodigies: Hermaphrodites as Natural Phenomena in Spain, 1500-1700
Chapter 2 Sexual Transgression and Hermaphroditism: The 'New World' and Imperial Subjectivity
Chapter 3 The Expulsion of the Marvellous: The Decline of the 'One-Sex' Model, 1750-1830
Chapter 4 Hermaphroditism in Portugal
conclusion Conclusion