As Nature Made Him / John Colapinto

Public ISBD Titre : As Nature Made Him : The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : John Colapinto, Auteur Editeur : Harper Perennial Année de publication : 2006 Importance : 336 pages ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-06-112056-5 Langues : Anglais Catégories : Documentaire Documentaire: - Généralités:Intersexuation Documentaire:Biographies, Témoignages, Mémoires:Mémoires et autobiographies Documentaire:Famille:Personnes LGBTI et leurs familles Documentaire:Sexe et genre Résumé : In 1967, after a twin baby boy suffered a botched circumcision, his family agreed to a radical treatment that would alter his gender. The case would become one of the most famous in modern medicine—and a total failure. As Nature Made Him tells the extraordinary story of David Reimer, who, when finally informed of his medical history, made the decision to live as a male. A macabre tale of medical arrogance, it is first and foremost a human drama of one man's—and one family's—amazing survival in the face of terrible odds. As Nature Made Him : The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl [texte imprimé] / John Colapinto, Auteur . - [S.l.] : Harper Perennial, 2006 . - 336 pages. ISBN : 978-0-06-112056-5 Langues : Anglais Catégories : Documentaire Documentaire: - Généralités:Intersexuation Documentaire:Biographies, Témoignages, Mémoires:Mémoires et autobiographies Documentaire:Famille:Personnes LGBTI et leurs familles Documentaire:Sexe et genre Résumé : In 1967, after a twin baby boy suffered a botched circumcision, his family agreed to a radical treatment that would alter his gender. The case would become one of the most famous in modern medicine—and a total failure. As Nature Made Him tells the extraordinary story of David Reimer, who, when finally informed of his medical history, made the decision to live as a male. A macabre tale of medical arrogance, it is first and foremost a human drama of one man's—and one family's—amazing survival in the face of terrible odds.

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Equal Affections / David Leavitt

Public ISBD Titre : Equal Affections Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : David Leavitt (1961-....), Auteur Editeur : Harper Perennial Année de publication : 1988 Importance : 268 pages ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-06-097287-5 Langues : Anglais Catégories : Genres:Enfance / Relations familiales Genres:Humour Genres:Sentimental Littérature Littérature:- Roman Résumé : Equal Affections tells the story of the funny, loving, and tragic Cooper family. Louise, the indomitable matriarch, has had cancer for twenty years. Her son Danny, a lawyer, lives in a New Jersey suburb with his lover Walter, who is slowly growing obsessed with on-line sex; her daughter April is a lesbian activist and folk singer, who knows how to perform a do-it-yourself artificial insemination using basic kitchen utensils. As Louise battles the slow withdrawal of her husband and the ravages of her disease, and as the entire Cooper family struggles to come to terms with her illness, David Leavitt reveals the profound depth and compassion of his narrative command. "Leavitt has written from the point of view of a raging, self-dramatizing mother with clarity and with such compassion that we understand her bitterness and mourn her lost chances.” –– The New York Times Book Review Equal Affections [texte imprimé] / David Leavitt (1961-....), Auteur . - [S.l.] : Harper Perennial, 1988 . - 268 pages. ISBN : 978-0-06-097287-5 Langues : Anglais Catégories : Genres:Enfance / Relations familiales Genres:Humour Genres:Sentimental Littérature Littérature:- Roman Résumé : Equal Affections tells the story of the funny, loving, and tragic Cooper family. Louise, the indomitable matriarch, has had cancer for twenty years. Her son Danny, a lawyer, lives in a New Jersey suburb with his lover Walter, who is slowly growing obsessed with on-line sex; her daughter April is a lesbian activist and folk singer, who knows how to perform a do-it-yourself artificial insemination using basic kitchen utensils. As Louise battles the slow withdrawal of her husband and the ravages of her disease, and as the entire Cooper family struggles to come to terms with her illness, David Leavitt reveals the profound depth and compassion of his narrative command. "Leavitt has written from the point of view of a raging, self-dramatizing mother with clarity and with such compassion that we understand her bitterness and mourn her lost chances.” –– The New York Times Book Review

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