{"product_id":"medicalizing-difference-the-eighteenth-century-construction-of-the-hermaphrodite-paperback","title":"Medicalizing Difference: The Eighteenth-Century Construction of the Hermaphrodite - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephanie M. Hilger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eStuart Murray\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eCorinne Saunders\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExploring 18th-century medicine's construction of individuals with non-standard sexual anatomy as \"hermaphrodites\", this book focuses on the genre of the case history from three different languages and national contexts-British, French, and German. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMedicalizing Difference\u003c\/i\u003e examines case studies written about Anne Grandjean, Michel Anne Drouart, Maria Dorothea Derrier, and an unnamed \"Angolan hermaphrodite.\" Multiple case studies were published about each of these individuals and are discussed throughout the book's four chapters, each of which focuses on one momentous epistemological shift in the eighteenth-century: an increasing focus on empiricism and the related professionalization of medicine, the expanding market for popular scientific literature, changing notions about generation and reproduction, and the exploration of foreign territories. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book reads these case histories against the grain and historicizes 18th-century medicine's construction of the category of the \"hermaphrodite\", demonstrating that, rather than describing a fact, these histories created their subject of study\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephanie M. Hilger\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Comparative Literature and German at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 28, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53750620782899,"sku":"9781350374966","price":78.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/lGsFfjRtYx9781350374966.webp?v=1785274330","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/medicalizing-difference-the-eighteenth-century-construction-of-the-hermaphrodite-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}