Intersex Embodiment

Legal Frameworks Beyond Identity and Disorder
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-5292-1737-7
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

This book examines the divergent medical, political and legal constructions of intersex. The authors use empirical data to explore how intersex people are embodied through these frameworks which in turn influence their lived experiences.

Through their analysis, the authors reveal the factors that motivate and influence the way in which policy makers and legislators approach the area of intersex rights. They reflect on the limitations of law as the primary vehicle in challenging healthcare’s framing of intersex as a ‘disorder’ in need of fixing. Finally, they offer a more holistic account of intersex justice which is underpinned by psychosocial support and bodily integrity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Garland, Fae

Travis, Mitchell

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtssoziologie, Rechtspsychologie, Rechtslinguistik
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Medizin- und Gesundheitsrecht
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction

2. Medical Embodiment: Intersex as Disorder

3. Non-Binary Embodiment: Intersex and Third-Gender Markers

4. LGBT Embodiment: Queerness, Homonormativity and Anti-Discrimination Law

5. Engaging with Intersex Experience: Can Law Disrupt Medical Embodiment?

6. Intersex as Acceptance and Emergence: Can Psychosocial Frameworks Disrupt Medical Embodiment?

7. Conclusion: Intersex Embodiment

Über Autor(innen)

Garland, Fae
Fae Garland is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Manchester.

Travis, Mitchell
Mitchell Travis is an Associate Professor in Law and Social Justice in the School of Law at the University of Leeds.

Fae Garland is Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Manchester.

Mitchell Travis is Associate Professor in Law and Social Justice in the School of Law at the University of Leeds.