Intersex narratives : shifts in the representation of intersex lives in North American literature and popular culture /

Amato, Viola,

Intersex narratives : shifts in the representation of intersex lives in North American literature and popular culture / Viola Amato. - 1 online resource (315 pages) - Queer studies ; volume 12 . - Queer studies ; Bd. 12. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-315).

1. Introduction -- 2. Approaching Intersex: Conceptual and Theoretical Framework -- 3. The Intersex Movement of the 1990s: Speaking Out Against Medical and Narrative Violence -- 4. Challenging Dominant Narratives From Within: Autobiography as a Critical Reflection on the Paradigm Shift in Intersex Narratives -- 5. Reimagining Intersex: Literary Renegotiations of the Dis/Continuities between Hegemonic Narratives and the Recognition of 'Difference' -- 6. Screening Intersex at Prime Time: Intersex in/as a State of Emergency and Popular Culture's Un/Acceptable Interventions -- 7. "We Exist, We Are Human, We Are Everywhere among You": A Conclusion.

Open Access

Intersex narratives explores representations of 'intersex' -- more specifically, of intersex persons, intersex communities, and intersex as a cultural concept and epistemological category -- in North American literature and visual culture from 1993 to 2014.


In English.

383943419X 9783839434192 9783837634198 3837634191

9783837634198 10.14361/9783839434192 doi

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Intersex people.
Intersexuality in literature.
Popular culture.
Gay and Lesbian studies.
Social groups.
Society and culture: general.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
Gay & Lesbian studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Gay Studies.
Intersex people.
Intersexuality in literature.
Popular culture.


Electronic books.
Electronic books.

PN56.G45 / A43 2016 HQ78

306.7685