Middlesex
Preparing for Middlesex
Hi All,
Attached are two readings that relate to Middlesex and might deepen our understanding of the novel’s subject matter. One is an article from the site www.rhrealitycheck.org about how we deal with cases of intersex children. The other is the introduction by Michel Foucault to Herculine Barbin, the memoirs of a hermaphrodite from 19th Century France that Foucault discovered in Le Département Français de l’Hygiène Publique. Please take a moment and look at these two pieces if you have time before next week’s class.
Article 1: Stuck in the Middle with You_ Inventing “Normal” for Sex and Gender
Article 2: Herculine Barbin – Foucault Introduction
Tags: Foucault, Herculine Barbin, Hermaphrodites, Intersex
