ISBN:
9780226573465
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (334 pages)
,
Illustrations (black and white).
Series Statement:
Chicago scholarship online
DDC:
305.30973
Keywords:
Geschichte 1950-2022
;
Geschlechterrolle
;
Gleichberechtigung
;
Geschlechtsidentität
;
Intersexualität
;
Transgender
;
Krankenhaus
;
Gender identity
;
Intersex people
;
Medicine History
;
Society
;
Society & culture: general
;
Family & health
;
USA
Abstract:
An eye-opening exploration of the medical origins of gender in modern US history. Today, a world without 'gender' is hard to imagine. Gender is at the centre of contentious political and social debates, shapes policy decisions, and informs our everyday lives. Its formulation, however, is lesser known: gender was first used in clinical practice. This book tells the story of the invention of gender in American medicine, detailing how it was shaped by mid-20th-century American notions of culture, personality, and social engineering. Sandra Eder shows how the concept of gender transformed from a pragmatic tool in the sex assignment of children with intersex traits in the 1950s to an essential category in clinics for transgender individuals in the 1960s. Following gender outside the clinic, she reconstructs the variable ways feminists integrated gender into their theories and practices in the 70s.
Note:
Also issued in print: 2022
,
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.7208/chicago/9780226573465.001.0001
URL:
https://dx.doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226573465.001.0001
Permalink
