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The Shape of Sex
Abstract
The Shape of Sex is a pathbreaking history of nonbinary sex, focusing on ideas and individuals who allegedly combined or crossed sex or gender categories from 200–1400 C.E. Ranging widely across premodern European thought and culture, Leah DeVun reveals how and why efforts to define “the human” so often hinged on ideas about nonbinary sex.
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Metadata
- Authors
- DeVun, L.
- Corresponding author
- DeVun, Leah
- Venue
- Columbia University Press eBooks
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Published
- 2020-12-31
- OpenAlex
- W4233502596
- Semantic Scholar
- 6678feef91d73c025d40b1a3b6cae6791997f83e
- Cited by
- 16
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 4
- FWCI
- 2.06
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Columbia University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender and Feminist Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Medieval Literature and History
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes
- Keywords
- gender categories, history of sexuality, gender identity, human nature, medieval and early modern Europe
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