Sex, identity and hermaphrodites in Iberia, 1500-1800 / by Richard Cleminson and Francisco Vázquez García.

  • Cleminson, Richard
Date:
2013
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Description

"Early modern European thought held that men and women were essentially the same, with social forces creating their differences. Such a view made the existence of hermaphrodites easy to accept. During the seventeenth century, medical and legal arguments began to turn against this "one-sex" 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, and with concurrent ideas in Latin America."--Publishers website

Publication/Creation

London ; Brookfield, Vermont : Pickering & Chatto, 2013.

Physical description

ix, 214 pages ; 24 cm.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-200) and index.

Contents

Introduction: Sex, gender and historicity -- Marvels, monsters and prodigies: hermaphrodites as natural phenomena in Spain, 1500-1700 -- Sexual transgression and hermaphroditism: the 'New World' and imperial subjectivity -- The expulsion of the marvellous: the decline of the 'One-sex' model, 1750-1830 -- Hermaphroditism in Portugal.

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    TP.ET.35
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781848933026
  • 1848933029