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Envisioning African intersex : challenging colonial and racist legacies in South African medicine / Amanda Lock Swarr.

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"Since the early seventeenth century, travelers, scientists, and doctors have falsely claimed that "hermaphroditism" and intersex are disproportionately common among Black South Africans. Envisioning African Intersex debunks these claims and interrogates how contemporary intersex medi...

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Main Author: Swarr, Amanda Lock (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2023.
Subjects:
Gross, Sally, > 1953-2014.
Semenya, Caster, > 1991-
Intersex people > Medical care > South Africa.
Intersex people > Political activity > South Africa.
Discrimination against intersex people > South Africa.
Racism in medicine > South Africa.
Scientific racism > South Africa.
Scientific racism.
Racism in medicine.
Discrimination against intersex people.
South Africa.

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Call Number: HQ78.2.S6 S94 2023
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