1st Edition
Sex, Identity and Hermaphrodites in Iberia, 1500–1800
By Francisco Vazquez Garcia
Copyright 2013
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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Early modern European thought held that men and women were essentially the same. 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.
Introduction: Sex, Gender And Historicity; Chapter 1 Marvels, Monsters and Prodigies: Hermaphrodites as Natural Phenomena in Spain, 1500–1700; Chapter 2 Sexual Transgression and Hermaphroditism: The ‘New World’ and Imperial Subjectivity; Chapter 3 The Expulsion of the Marvellous: The Decline of the ‘One-Sex’ Model, 1750–1830; Chapter 4 Hermaphroditism in Portugal; conclusion Conclusion;
Biography
Richard Cleminson, Francisco Vázquez García
"This excellent book by Cleminson and Vázquez García opens up new avenues for on-going research, offers a wellinformed survey on the topic, and is a model for future advancement."
- Carles Gutiérrez-Sanfeliu, The University of Queensland