Doubting sex

<p>An adolescent girl is mocked when she takes a bath with her peers because her genitals look like those of a boy. A couple visits a doctor asking to 'create more space' in the woman for intercourse. A doctor finds testicular tissue in a woman with appendicitis and decides to keep his findings quiet. These are just a few of the three hundred European case histories of people whose sex was doubted during the long nineteenth century that Geertje Mak draws upon in her remarkable new book.<br><br>How did people deal with such situations? How did they decide to which sex a person should belong? This groundbreaking analysis of clinical case histories shows how sex changed from an outward appearance inscribed in a social body to something to be found deep inside body and self. A fascinating easy to follow yet sophisticated argument addressing major issues of the history of body sex and self this volume will fit advanced undergraduate courses while challenging specialists.</p>