{"product_id":"making-sense-of-intersex-9780253012289","title":"Making Sense of Intersex","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProposing a philosophical framework for the treatment of children with intersex conditions - one that acknowledges the intertwined identities of parents, children, and their doctors, this book presents a persuasive moral argument for collective responsibility to these children and their families.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRich with cross-discipline potential, Feder's engaging argument should provide a new approach for doctors and parents caring for children with atypical sex anatomy.\u003c\/p\u003e * Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeder's book is a welcome injection of new ideas into feminist scholarship on intersex, post-Consensus Statement era.\u003c\/p\u003e * Women's Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs a work of philosophy capable of bringing insightful new perspectives or illuminating and forceful arguments to an urgent social matter so as truly to effect a felt change in the lives of people concerned by it? Feder's book is capable of this effect. As such, it takes the risk of calling forth a new public, or a new readership, and so is a work whose appeal could well be ahead of its time. But its time should be here.\u003c\/p\u003e * International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaking Sense of Intersex significantly enhances our understanding of intersex and the ethical issues involved in medical practice more generally.\u003c\/p\u003e * Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaking Sense of Intersex is an impressive call for change. As such it is in conversation with intersex activist and scholarly work.\u003c\/p\u003e * philoSOPHIA *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction. Disciplinary Limits: Philosophy, Bioethics, and the Medical Management of Atypical Sex\u003cbr\u003e1. The Trouble with Intersex: History Lessons\u003cbr\u003e2. \"In Their Best Interests\": Parents' Experience of Atypical Sex Anatomy in Children\u003cbr\u003e3. Tilting the Ethical Lens: Shame, Disgust, and the Body in Question\u003cbr\u003e4. Reassigning Ambiguity: Parental Decisions and the Matter of Harm\u003cbr\u003e5. A Question of Ethics as\/or a Question of Culture: The Problem of What Is and What Ought to Be\u003cbr\u003e6. Neutralizing Morality: Nondirective Counseling of Parents of Children with Intersex Conditions, 2006-\u003cbr\u003e7. Practicing Virtue: A Parental Duty\u003cbr\u003e8. Protecting Vulnerability: An Imperative of Care\u003cbr\u003eConclusion. Lessons from Physicians\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400539971927,"sku":"9780253012289","price":19.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253012289.jpg?v=1730470933","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/making-sense-of-intersex-9780253012289","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}