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This collection looks from a variety of angles at the human body as it resists the determinations of gender, sexuality, socialization, and history. Ranging from classical hermaphrodites, Bruegel's blind faces and Weimar transgender surgery, viaGentlemen Prefer Blondes, state-socialist sport and Proust, to Barbie, Lari Pittman,American Psycho, IVF, and video dance, the 16 essays question the relationship between politics, culture, and desire.Segal, Naomi is the author of 'Indeterminate Bodies' with ISBN 9780333949696 and ISBN 0333949692.
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