Verschlagwortet: Geschichte
Die 1907 anonym erschienene Autobiographie “Aus eines Mannes Mädchenjahren” (siehe hier im Blog) ist neu herausgegeben worden. Grundlage ist die vergriffene Ausgabe von Hermann Simon, jetzt erweitert um Beiträge von Marion Hulverscheidt und Konstanze Plett. ...
Many contributions to this blog convincingly show that the Middle Ages (or, more generally, the premodern period) were quite familiar with the figure of the «hermaphrodite» as well as with a range of physiological aspects of...
Medieval images of intersex persons (or hermaphrodites, as they were known) are rare. This has to do with a very simple reason, as intersex persons were living most of the time a perfectly conventional life, as...
The temporal context for this case is rendered more intelligible given the influence of the enlightenment and the twin objectives of colonial authorities to reform society by civilizing the population while simultaneously solidifying its Christian morality....
There were some insidious ideas and attitudes that arose almost automatically in discussions of hermaphrodites, and these seem to transcend time and space. Some of these same issues arose from Martina’s case as well. One of...
Ironically, the very visibility of the body could sometimes lead to unusual challenges by colonial authorities. In Nueva Granada in the 1670s the Jesuit Diego Ximenez was caught in the snares of the Inquisition tribunal as...
Cases like that of Martina Parra provide us an opportunity to explore layers of attitudes and thoughts, mentalitées and practices, as different subaltern and dominant groups became involved. By putting the concerns raised by Martina’s sexual...
Die aktuelle Ausgabe der Zeitschrift Sexuologie ist erschienen, mit einem Themenschwerpunkt “Intersexualität als historisches Phänomen“: http://www.sexuologie-info.de/htm/gesamtinhalt.htm Die Aufsätze stammen von Sven Limbeck, Elisa Herbst und Marion Hulverscheidt.
Renée Soulodre-La France has kindly agreed to have her article ‘What is in a body?’ republished via this blog. It originally appeared online in La Habana Elegante – Revista de literatura y cultura cubana, caribeña, latinoamericana,...
Der vierte, bislang im Nachlass schlummernde Band von Foucault Histoire de la sexualité ist soeben erschienen: http://www.gallimard.fr/Catalogue/GALLIMARD/Bibliotheque-des-Histoires/Les-aveux-de-la-chair Die Histoire hat bekanntlich eine komplizierte Entstehunggeschichte, während derer Foucaults Interessen und Methoden sich mehrfach wandelten, zu der im...