When a baby is born whose reproductive organs do not fit neatly
into a binary idea of biological sex, they are deemed intersex.
Often, doctors and parents decide to do surgery soon after birth,
and in many cases administer hormones, to make intersex children
fit into male/female categories. Intersex is treated as a medical
problem: their physiologies are quickly dismissed as impossible,
freakish, or even monstrous. Hermaphrodite Logic places the
sexually indeterminate at the centre, for a change. Jules Joanne
Gleeson offers a fresh perspective for understanding, speaking of,
and celebrating indeterminate lives. Rather than focus on
'ambiguity' (or its still vaguer variant, 'fluidity') Gleeson
focuses on indeterminacy-the bodies, sentiments and experiences
that can not be folded in two. The indeterminate cannot help but
exist between categories. Hermaphrodite Logic foregrounds the
experiences of sexually indeterminate figures both current and
historical, and seeks to build up a thoroughgoing case for our
emancipation.
General
| Imprint: |
Verso Books
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
May 2025 |
| Authors: |
Jules Joanne Gleeson
|
| Dimensions: |
210 x 140mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
208 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-83976-093-8 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
|
| LSN: |
1-83976-093-1 |
| Barcode: |
9781839760938 |
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