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Open some female corpses |
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Authors: |
Tzanaki, Demetra Kouroutzas, Christos |
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Abstract: |
In the chapter titled “Open Some Female Corpses”, we reread Thomas Laqueur’s concept of the transition from a one-sex to a two-sex model, as discussed in his influential work “Making Sex: The Body and Gender from the Greeks to Freud.” We compare this idea with a body of literature that disputes the one-sex model as a misinterpretation of historical texts. Additionally, we examine the historical evolution of anatomy during the modern period through postmortem examinations, arguing that anatomy predominantly developed by studying female cadavers rather than male cadavers. Based on these arguments, we propose that anatomy has primarily served to classify life as “worthy” (masculine) or “unworthy” (feminine), perpetuating a narrative consumed and perpetuated mainly by upper-class European men. This has resulted in the perpetuation of a sexist, racist, speciesism and misogynistic narrative regarding the body, sanctioned by the authority of science itself.
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Linguistic Editors: |
Mourtou-Paradeisopoulou, Maria |
Technical Editors: |
Kentrotis, Christos |
Type: |
Chapter |
Creation Date: | 08-11-2024 |
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License: |
Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) |
Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/11419/14144 |
Bibliographic Reference: | Tzanaki, D., & Kouroutzas, C. (2024). Open some female corpses [Chapter]. In Tzanaki, D., & Kouroutzas, C. 2024. Gender, Science and Society: Queer readings of human subjugation [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://hdl.handle.net/11419/14144 |
Language: |
Greek |
Is Part of: |
Gender, Science and Society: Queer readings of human subjugation |
Publication Origin: |
Kallipos, Open Academic Editions |