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Author(s) -
Jessica Carducci,
Allison Haste,
Bryce Longenberger
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
digital literature review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2692-904X
DOI - 10.33043/dlr.3.0.32-45
Subject(s) - hermaphrodite , history , sociology , demography , gender studies , zoology , biology
This paper explores the life of Karl Hohmann, anintersex individual who lived in Germany in themid-1800s. Hohmann was examined as a medicalspecimen throughout his adult life as doctors atthe time believed he was a “true lateral hermaphrodite.” The authors examine the way that culturalbeliefs about gender and sex intersected in thenineteenth century.
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