Sex, Identity and Hermaphrodites in Iberia, 1500–1800

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Routledge, 06.10.2015 - 224 Seiten
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.
 

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Sex Gender and Historicity
1
Hermaphrodites as Natural Phenomena in Spain 15001700
11
The New World and Imperial Subjectivity
41
The Decline of the OneSex Model 17501830
65
4 Hermaphroditism in Portugal
85
Conclusion
111
Notes
115
Works Cited
177
Index
201
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Richard Cleminson, Francisco Vázquez García

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