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Author:   Megan Walker
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2022
Weight:   0.519kg
ISBN:  

9783030914745

ISBN 10:   3030914747
Pages:   284
Publication Date:   25 January 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"1. Introduction. Part I Representing Intersex. 2. Intersex in Fictional Films Throughout History: Towards a Cinema of Inclusion?. 3. ‘Declining to Describe’: Intersex Narrators and Textual Visibility. 4. The Importance of Narrative in Intersex Representation: A Literary Reading of John Money’s Case Histories. 5. Toxic Sexing: Aaron Apps’ Intersex Poetics in Our Chemically Altered Age. 6. ‘This Is What I Am and Who I Am’: Exploring Authorship and Ethics in Intersex Research and Reflective Diaries. 7. When Bioethics Fails: Intersex, Epistemic Injustice and Advocacy. 8. Afterword to ""Representing Intersex"". Part II Global Intersex. 9. Examining Autonomy and Consent in Gender Assignment Decisions on Intersex People in India. 10. An Apparent Paradox: The Bio-medicalisation of Intersex Variations in Italy. 11. A Critical Analysis of The Transgender (Intersex) Persons Act, 2018, in Pakistan Versus United Nations Recommendations. 12. Towards an Inclusive Approach to Harmful Practices: The Case of Western Elective Surgeries on Intersex Children. 13. The Geneticisation of Intersex Bodies in Israel. 14. Western Management of Intersex and the Myth of Patient-Centred Care. 15. Global Intersex, an Afterword: Global Medicine, Connected Communities, and Universal Human Rights."

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Megan Walker is an Associate Lecturer at the University of Lincoln, United Kingdom. Her research focuses on exploring intersex narratives in a range of texts and she has a keen interest in further developing intersex knowledge, visibility and acceptance in academia and beyond.

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