This dissertation traces the transformations of biomedical knowledge and practice on intersex in France. It studies the 20th century emergence and development of a new apparatus consisting in early medicalization of children with atypical sex. It specifically examines the example of the management the intersex variation Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH). This normalizing apparatus was based on a paradigm shift instituted by a new protocol developed at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in the 1950s. This research analyzes the way this protocol was received and implemented in France. Examining the systematic medical management of “CAH girls” from this historical point of view reveals a process of medical knowledge production that creates several ...
This thesis discusses how discourses on variations of sex development (intersexuality) could sometim...
Human rights statements on intersex characteristics distinguish legitimate “medically necessary” int...
Drawing on the writings of Michel Foucault, this paper argues that the establishment of a new nomenc...
Cette thèse étudie les transformations des savoirs et des pratiques biomédicalesautour de l’intersex...
International audience"Variations in genital development are the subject of a controversy which oppo...
During the period contained between the second half of the 18th century and the first half of the 19...
This dissertation intervenes into the process of intersexualization by focusing on specific moments ...
La prise en charge médicale des variations du développement sexuel est l’objet de débat depuis une v...
International audienceUp until the 1980s, a child’s sex was only questioned at birth. Today, 9 out o...
In medical literature about management of Intersex, there has been considerable debate addressing et...
Individuals with intersex variations fall outside the normative sex binary of male and female for va...
This thesis discusses how discourses on variations of sex development (intersexuality) could sometim...
Human rights statements on intersex characteristics distinguish legitimate “medically necessary” int...
The analysis between those involved in new reproductive technology has often led to highlighting the...
Individuals with intersex variations fall outside the normative sex binary of male and female...
This thesis discusses how discourses on variations of sex development (intersexuality) could sometim...
Human rights statements on intersex characteristics distinguish legitimate “medically necessary” int...
Drawing on the writings of Michel Foucault, this paper argues that the establishment of a new nomenc...
Cette thèse étudie les transformations des savoirs et des pratiques biomédicalesautour de l’intersex...
International audience"Variations in genital development are the subject of a controversy which oppo...
During the period contained between the second half of the 18th century and the first half of the 19...
This dissertation intervenes into the process of intersexualization by focusing on specific moments ...
La prise en charge médicale des variations du développement sexuel est l’objet de débat depuis une v...
International audienceUp until the 1980s, a child’s sex was only questioned at birth. Today, 9 out o...
In medical literature about management of Intersex, there has been considerable debate addressing et...
Individuals with intersex variations fall outside the normative sex binary of male and female for va...
This thesis discusses how discourses on variations of sex development (intersexuality) could sometim...
Human rights statements on intersex characteristics distinguish legitimate “medically necessary” int...
The analysis between those involved in new reproductive technology has often led to highlighting the...
Individuals with intersex variations fall outside the normative sex binary of male and female...
This thesis discusses how discourses on variations of sex development (intersexuality) could sometim...
Human rights statements on intersex characteristics distinguish legitimate “medically necessary” int...
Drawing on the writings of Michel Foucault, this paper argues that the establishment of a new nomenc...