Sex, Identity and Hermaphrodites in Iberia, 1500-1800

Informationen zum Autor Richard Cleminson, Francisco Vázquez García Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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;

Product details

• Authors: Richard Cleminson, Richard/ Garcia Cleminson, Francisco Vazquez Garcia, Garcia Francisco Vazquez
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2013
• EAN: 9781848933026
• ISBN: 978-1-84893-302-6
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: "The Body, Gender and Culture"; "The Body, Gender and Culture"
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; History of Ideas, European History, Spain, HISTORY / Social History, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / Transgender Studies, Gender Studies: Transsexuals & Hermaphroditism, HISTORY / Europe / Spain