Hermaphroditism, Medical Science and Sexual Identity in Spain, 1850-1960

This is the first book in English to analyse the medical category of ''hermaphroditism'' in Spain over the period 1850-1960. It attempts to show how the relationship between the male and female body, biological ''sex'', gender and sexuality constantly changed in the light of emerging medical, legal and social influences. Tracing the evolution of the hermaphrodite from its association with the ''ma...