02714oam 2200469 c 450 99630878130331620220705211016.03-8394-3419-X10.14361/9783839434192(OCoLC)938788600(OCoLC)938812602(ScCtBLL)694820b0-a4f9-4371-8d66-f5d90ff668b1(EXLCZ)99371000000058812120220221d2016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierIntersex NarrativesShifts in the Representation of Intersex Lives in North American Literature and Popular CultureViola Amato1st editionBielefeldtranscript Verlag20161 online resource (317 pages)Queer Studies12Description based upon print version of record.Includes bibliographical references.Introduction --Approaching Intersex: Conceptual and Theoretical Framework --The Intersex Movement of the 1990s: Speaking Out Against Medical and Narrative Violence --Challenging Dominant Narratives from Within: Autobiography as a Critical Reflection on the Paradigm Shift in Intersex Narratives --Reimagining Intersex: Literary Renegotiations of the Dis/Continuities between Hegemonic Narratives and the Recognition 'Difference' --Screening Intersex at Prime Time: Intersex in/as a State of Emergency and Popular Culture's Un/Acceptable Interventions -- "We Exist We are Human, We Are Everywhere Among You": A Conclusion.This book explores representations of intersex - intersex persons, intersex communities, and intersex as a cultural concept and knowledge category - in contemporary North American literature and popular culture. The study turns its attention to the significant paradigm shift in the narratives on intersex that occurred within early 1990s intersex activism in response to biopolitical regulations of intersex bodies. Focusing on the emergence of recent autobiographical stories and cultural productions like novels and TV series centering around intersex, Viola Amato provides a first systematic analysis of an activism-triggered resignification of intersex.Intersex peoplePolitical activityIntersexualityMass mediaIntersex peoplePolitical activity.Intersexuality.Mass media.Amato Viola1242297DE-B1597DE-B1597ACMRBOOK996308781303316Intersex Narratives2881806UNISA