Sex, Identity and Hermaphrodites in Iberia, 1500–1800

Name: Sex, Identity and Hermaphrodites in Iberia, 1500–1800
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

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 \u2018one-sex\u2019 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. > 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 \u2018one-sex\u2019 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. > Introduction: Sex, Gender And Historicity; Chapter 1 Marvels, Monsters and Prodigies: Hermaphrodites as Natural Phenomena in Spain, 1500\u20131700; Chapter 2 Sexual Transgression and Hermaphroditism: The \u2018New World\u2019 and Imperial Subjectivity; Chapter 3 The Expulsion of ""