Critical Intersex

Though an autonomous field in its own right, Intersex Studies has not received the attention it deserves, being centred around certain key questions, scholars and geographical regions. With its theoretical and empirical contributions from an international group of researchers, Critical Intersex promises to broaden the scope of Intersex Studies, investigating previously neglected geographical regions. Through the adoption of theories that turn the gaze of the liberal, humanist, scientific outlook upon itself, it challenges the accepted paradigms of intersex identity politics and clinical practice, thus refiguring debates about rights, autonomy and subjectivity.This timely and important volume decentres the subject, contributing to sociology, anthropology, medicine, law, history, cultural studies, psychology and psychoanalysis. A truly interdisciplinary work, it contains critical approaches from both the natural and social sciences, and will appeal to scholars and clinical practitioners alike.