vii Contents Acknowledgments ix 1. Introduction: "You're in the Monkey Cage with Me" 1 2. The Transformation of Intersex Advocacy 26 3. Medical Jurisdiction and the Intersex Body 55 4. The Power in a Name 87 5. A Different Kind of Information 116 6. Conclusion: The Dubious Diagnosis 145 Appendix A: Table of Research Participants 171 Appendix B: Conference Agenda 173 Notes 179 References 191 Index 209 About the Author 221
Georgiann Davis is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of New Mexico. She is the author of Contesting Intersex: The Dubious Diagnosis (NYU Press, 2015).
"Davis presents a compelling and beautifully-crafted text about the
complex issues of gender and sexual identity. How medicine and
diagnosis can either come in aid of, or brutally disrupt the
experience of intersexuality is an important paradox, worthy of
reflection and debate. With this book, Davis gets the ball rolling
and demands our attention. It is well-worth the read."
*Annemarie Jutel,author of Putting a Name to It: Diagnosis in
Contemporary Society*
"Through piercing interviews and astute analysis, and in a readable
style, Contesting Intersex gets at the heart of recent
controversies about the medical management of intersex and
perceptively tracks the political engagement of intersex
activists."
*Elizabeth Reis,author of Bodies in Doubt: An American History of
Intersex*
"With refreshingly honest prose and an insider's insight, Georgiann
Davis illuminates the ongoing, heated, and often painful debate
about how best to respond to the naturally occurring diversity of
sex development in human beings. This is groundbreaking work that
is sure to become required reading for scholars of gender and the
social history of medicine."
*Sharon Preves,author of Intersex and Identity: The Contested
Self*
"The histories of medicine, social movements, and gender
productivity collide in sociologist Daviss compelling account of
how activists, parents, assorted medical specialists and
institutions, and people with intersex traits respond to the
diversity of human reproductive development...[T]his book will
inspire and inform the wide readership it deserves."
*Choice*
"Davis provides her readers with a concise overview of her research
as well as lists calls to action. Daviss strengths lie in the
seamless blending of research, ethnography, interviews, and
personal activism."
*American Book Review*
"Contesting Intersexis an essential update to studies of the
intersex and a must-read for those interested in social movements,
gender, medicalization, diagnosis, and the relationship between
science and culture."
*American Journal of Sociology*
"Contesting Intersex is an unapologetic coalescence of Davis
first-hand experiences of an intersex diagnosis and her academic
inquiry into the topic. Whilst this, as she acknowledges, & may
make the book read like an autoethnography at certain points,
theory, politics and practice have never been discrete in intersex
studies. Daviss own history and current participation in the
intersex community help her to provide a circumspect consideration
of the tensions at play."
*Sociology of Health & Illness*
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