Intersex Studies and the Health and Medical Humanities: Sex and Medicine

ISBN-13: 9781350217478 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 232 str.

Katelyn Dykstra; Shoshannah Bryn Jones Square

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Introduction Following the Trail of Sex in the Medical and Health Humanities: An Introduction Drs. Katelyn Dykstra, University of Manitoba and Shoshannah Bryn Jones Square, Kwantlen Polytechnic University Part 1: Theoretical Approaches to Intersex in/and the Medical and Health Humanities 1.Quantum Bodies: Reading Intersectionality through the Superposition of States Dr. Lisa DeTora (Associate Professor of Writing Studies and Rhetoric, Hofstra University, USA) 2.Introducing Mad Intersex Studies Dr. Celeste Orr (Visiting Assistant Professor, Gender and Sexuality Studies, St. Lawrence University, USA) and Meg Peters (Doctoral Candidate, University of Ottawa, Canada) 3.“Ontological Homelessness,” Sexology, and Identity: Some initial thoughts on Intersex Studies as Critical Lens in Literary Studies Dr. Katelyn Dykstra (Sessional Instructor, Department of English, Theatre, Film & Media, University of Manitoba; Director of Operations, enVision Community Living, USA) Part 2: Intersex, Medicalization, and Disability 1.Did Bioethics Matter? A History of Autonomy, Consent, and Intersex Genital Surgery. Dr. Elizabeth Reis (Professor, Macaulay Honours College, CUNY, USA) 2.“Intersex Community in India and the Rights of Persons with Disability (RPwD) Act” Prashant Singh (Advocate, Supreme Court of India; Member of Srishti Madurai, an intersex advocacy group in India), Gopi Shankar (Intersex Asia), Meghna Sharma (Programme Officer-Research and Advocacy at National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People in India) 3.Current and Historical Medicalization of Intersex Athletes in Sport Dr. Sarah Teezel (Associate Professor, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management) Part 3: Intersex, Life Narratives, and Imaginative Literature 1.Intersex: Magical Structures and Invisible Differences Lesley Gallacher (Therapist) 2.Herculine Barbin, Panizza’s A Scandal at the Convent, and the Medico-Gothic Narrative of Intersex Transition Nowell Marshall (Graduate Student, University of Navada, Reno) 3.Intersex, Empathy, and Embodiment: Inspiring Prosocial Change Through Imaginative Literature Dr. Shoshannah Bryn Jones Square (Faculty, Department of English, Kwantlen Polytechnic University)