Reviews for The Body in Medical Culture

The average rating for The Body in Medical Culture based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-08-15 00:00:00 Simy Yin Valuable reference book

Review # 2 was written on 2014-01-09 00:00:00 Bob Baron An excellent overview of the medical/social/intellectual/cultural history of intersex people and bodies from 1600-2000 in the United States. Good intersection with race, gender, and sexuality. I was surprised that trans issues didn't come up as much - I know they're different topics, but there's certainly a lot of intersection in terms of both surgical technique and people who transitioned genders as adults. This may come from a desire to keep these two identities firmly separate in the reader's mind, but I think that bringing in trans issues and clearly delineating their overlaps and differences in-text would have been valuable. With such careful attention paid to other intersections, this seemed like a gap.