Surya Monro, Adeline Berry, Morgan Carpenter, Daniela Crocetti, Sean Saifa Wall

Intersex, Variations of Sex Characteristics, DSD (eBook, ePUB)

Critical Approaches

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

People with variations of sex characteristics (VSC) are born with chromosomal, gonadal and/or anatomical diversities that do not fit the typical definition of male or female. This book develops a social science of VSC, Intersex, and Disorders of Sex Development (DSD).

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040266304
• Artikelnr.: 72334920

Autorenporträt

Surya Monro is Professor in Sociology and Social Policy based at Loughborough University, UK. Surya has published substantially in the fields of gender, sex, and sexuality, notably on LGBT and on Intersex issues. She is the author of Gender Politics: Citizenship, Activism, and Sexual Diversity (2005) and co-editor of Queer in Africa (2018).

Adeline Berry is a transgender and intersex research fellow at the University of Huddersfield. Their PhD research focuses on the life experiences and needs of older European intersex people. Their research interests include mental health, healthcare, gender, sex, sex work, and epistemic injustice.

Morgan Carpenter is an Associate Professor of Practice at Sydney Health Ethics in the University of Sydney School of Public Health. His doctoral research focused on epistemic injustice and the human rights and health of people with innate variations of sex characteristics. Morgan Carpenter has lived experience of an innate variation of sex characteristics.

Daniela Crocetti is a Research Fellow in medical anthropology at Bar-Ilan University. Their research has addressed the social history of the gendered body, genetic testing, rights mobilisation in medical contexts, intersex rights, and parenting journeys.

Sean Saifa Wall (he/him/his) is a Black queer intersex activist and rising scholar. Since graduating from Williams, he has worked on many research projects that amplify the voices of queer, transgender, and people of colour communities. Saifa was a Marie Sklowdoska-Curie fellow on the INIA project and received his PhD from the University of Huddersfield in April 2024.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction to Variations of Sex Characteristics
Intersex
and DSD 2. Intersex
Variations of Sex Characteristics
DSD: Understanding people's lived experiences 3. Intersex
Variations of Sex Characteristics and DSD: Social Theories 4. Intersex
Variations of Sex Characteristics and DSD: Critical approaches to medicine and healthcare 5. Intersex
Variations of Sex Characteristics
DSD: Activism
Advocacy and Alliances 6. Intersex
Variations of Sex Characteristics and DSD: International dynamics 7. Intersex
Innate Variations of Sex Characteristics
and DSD: Human Rights
Equalities and Citizenship