Description: Further DetailsTitle: Contesting IntersexCondition: NewEAN: 9781479887040ISBN: 9781479887040Publisher: New York University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 09/11/2015Item Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Weight: 363gAuthor: Georgiann DavisLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: The Dubious DiagnosisISBN-10: 1479887048Description: Winner, 2017 Sex and Gender Distinguished Book Award, presented by the American Sociological AssociationWinner, 2016 Donald Light Award for the Applied or Public Practice of Medical Sociology, presented by the American Sociological AssociationA personal, compelling perspective on how medical diagnoses can profoundly hurt, or help, the lived experiences of entire communitiesWhen sociologist Georgiann Davis was a teenager, her doctors discovered that she possessed XY chromosomes, marking her as intersex. Rather than share this information with her, they withheld the diagnosis in order to “protect” the development of her gender identity; it was years before Davis would see her own medical records as an adult and learn the truth. Davis’ experience is not unusual. Many intersex people feel isolated from one another and violated by medical practices that support conventional notions of the male/female sex binary which have historically led to secrecy and shame about being intersex. Yet, the rise of intersex activism and visibility in the US has called into question the practice of classifying intersex as an abnormality, rather than as a mere biological variation. This shift in thinking has the potential to transform entrenched intersex medical treatment.In Contesting Intersex, Davis draws on interviews with intersex people, their parents, and medical experts to explore the oft-questioned views on intersex in medical and activist communities, as well as the evolution of thought in regards to intersex visibility and transparency. She finds that framing intersex as an abnormality is harmful and can alter the course of one’s life. In fact, controversy over this framing continues, as intersex has been renamed a ‘disorder of sex development’ throughout medicine. This happened, she suggests, as a means for doctors to reassert their authority over the intersex body in the face of increasing intersex activism in the 1990s and feminist critiques of intersex medical treatment. Davis argues the renaming of ‘intersex’ as a ‘disorder of sex development’ is strong evidence that the intersex diagnosis is dubious. Within the intersex community, though, disorder of sex development terminology is hotly disputed; some prefer not to use a term which pathologizes their bodies, while others prefer to think of intersex in scientific terms. Although terminology is currently a source of tension within the movement, Davis hopes intersex activists and their allies can come together to improve the lives of intersex people, their families, and future generations. However, for this to happen, the intersex diagnosis, as well as sex, gender, and sexuality, needs to be understood as socially constructed phenomena. A personal journey into medical and social activism, Contesting Intersex presents a unique perspective on how medical diagnoses can affect lives profoundly.Ask us about setting up a Skype-in with the author for your classWatch Georgiann Davis in National Geographic's Gender Revolution documentary with Katie CouricCountry/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: Society & CultureBook Series: BiopoliticsTopic: Gender Sex & Relationships, Social SciencesRelease Year: 2015 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Contesting Intersex
Title: Contesting Intersex
EAN: 9781479887040
ISBN: 9781479887040
Release Date: 09/11/2015
Release Year: 2015
Subtitle: The Dubious Diagnosis
ISBN-10: 1479887048
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Social Sciences
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Contesting Intersex : the Dubious Diagnosis
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication Year: 2015
Subject: Gender Studies, Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology, Disease & Health Issues, Human Sexuality (See Also Social Science / Human Sexuality)
Item Height: 0.5 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 12.8 Oz
Subject Area: Social Science, Science, Psychology
Author: Georgiann Davis
Item Length: 9 in
Series: Biopolitics Ser.
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
