Intersex Embodiment
Legal Frameworks beyond Identity and Disorder
By Fae Garland and Mitchell Travis
ISBN
978-1529217377Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University PressISBN
978-1529217384Imprint
Bristol University PressISBN
978-1529217384Imprint
Bristol University Press
Intersex Embodiment
This book examines the divergent medical, political and legal constructions of intersex. The authors use empirical data to explore how intersex people are embodied through these frameworks which in turn influence their lived experiences.
Through their analysis, the authors reveal the factors that motivate and influence the way in which policy makers and legislators approach the area of intersex rights. They reflect on the limitations of law as the primary vehicle in challenging healthcare’s framing of intersex as a ‘disorder’ in need of fixing. Finally, they offer a more holistic account of intersex justice which is underpinned by psychosocial support and bodily integrity.
“This book clearly and accessibly introduces recent developments in intersex’s status in law, showing that legal, medical, social and academic frameworks are mutually reinforcing and affect intersex people’s visibility and wellbeing.” Susannah Cornwall, University of Exeter
“Addresses the pressing need for high-quality scholarship regarding the institutionalized injustices that intersex people face. Grounded in empirical research with intersex people, the text offers an accessible route into key debates in primarily Western contexts, and information that will be very useful for policy makers and practitioners working in a range of sectors.” Surya Monro, University of Huddersfield
Fae Garland is Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Manchester.
Mitchell Travis is Associate Professor in Law and Social Justice in the School of Law at the University of Leeds.
1. Introduction
2. Medical Embodiment: Intersex as Disorder
3. Non-Binary Embodiment: Intersex and Third-Gender Markers
4. LGBT Embodiment: Queerness, Homonormativity and Anti-Discrimination Law
5. Engaging with Intersex Experience: Can Law Disrupt Medical Embodiment?
6. Intersex as Acceptance and Emergence: Can Psychosocial Frameworks Disrupt Medical Embodiment?
7. Conclusion: Intersex Embodiment
