Bodies in Doubt - An American History of Intersex (Paperback, second edition)

This renowned history of intersex in America has been comprehensively updated to reflect recent shifts in attitudes, bioethics, and medical and legal practices. In Bodies in Doubt, Elizabeth Reis traces the changing definitions, perceptions, and medical management of intersex (atypical sex development) in America from the colonial period to the present. Arguing that medical practice must be understood within its broader cultural context, Reis demonstrates how deeply physicians have been influenced by social anxieties about marriage, heterosexuality, and same-sex desire throughout American history In this second edition, Reis adds two new chapters, a new preface, and a revised introduction to assess recent dramatic shifts in attitudes, bioethics, and medical and legal practices. Human rights organizations have declared early genital surgeries a form of torture and abuse, but doctors continue to offer surgical "repair," and parents continue to seek it for their children. While many are hearing the human rights call, controversies persist, and Reis explains why best practices in this field remain fiercely contested.

General

Imprint:	Johns Hopkins University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2021
Authors:	Elizabeth Reis (Associate Professor)
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	288
Edition:	second edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-4214-4184-9
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > Medical ethics Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General
LSN:	1-4214-4184-5
Barcode:	9781421441849

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