Sex, Law and the Politics of Age: Child Marriage in India, 1891-1937 is a microhistory of a law restraining child marriages passed in colonial India in 1929, and a critical account of the emergence of “age” as scientific and governmental object, crucial for upholding the rule of law, for governing intimate life, and for securing gender rights and social justice, in twentieth century India.
Tag: Sexology
“Clinical Demonstration by Two Expert Intellectuals”: Robert Latou Dickinson’s Representations of Sexual Intercourse
Dickinson’s representations of sexual encounters show the possibilities of gathering sex research data with live couples
Beyond the Binary: Science, History, and the Radical Possibilities of Sex and Gender
Science has been a crucial resource for those seeking to radically rethink the possibilities of sex, gender, and sexuality.
Sex in the Archives: Writing American Sexual Histories
Sex in the Archives is an experiment in writing an American sexual history that refuses the confines of identity in sexuality studies.
Medicine, the Penal System and Sexual Crimes in England, 1919-1960s
Weston’s book is a history of 20th century medical explanations for sexual crime and medico-legal attempts at rehabilitation and cure.
After Eunuchs: Science, Medicine, and the Transformation of Sex in Modern China
After Eunuchs tells a history of sex change in modern China.
The World and Other Unpublished Works of Radclyffe Hall
New archival materials that broaden and complicate our understanding of Radclyffe Hall.
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