The Shape of Sex Nonbinary Gender from Genesis to the Renaissance |
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| Author:
| DeVun, Leah |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-19551-5 |
| Publication Date: | May 2021 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $35.00 |
Book Description:
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The Shape of Sex is a pathbreaking history of nonbinary sex, focusing on ideas and individuals who allegedly combined or crossed sex or gender categories from 200-1400 C.E. Ranging widely across premodern European thought and culture, Leah DeVun reveals how and why efforts to define "the human" so often hinged on ideas about nonbinary sex.
The Shape of Sex is a pathbreaking history of nonbinary sex, focusing on ideas and individuals who allegedly combined or crossed sex or gender categories from 200-1400 C.E. Ranging widely across premodern European thought and culture, Leah DeVun reveals how and why efforts to define "the human" so often hinged on ideas about nonbinary sex.