They say I'm not a girl: Case Studies of Gender Verification in Elite Sports

Author:   Max Dohle
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
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Pages:   179
Publication Date:   30 September 2020
Format:   Paperback
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In July 1950, a young Dutch intersex woman was expelled from elite competition by the International Amateur Athletic Federation. It turned out to be the beginning of a dark era in the history of women in sport. Dozens of intersex athletes were suspended, although no fraud was ever uncovered. Suspension had pernicious effects on their lives. They hardly appeared in public, lived in solitude, committed suicide or attempted to. Biographies of these banned athletes highlight the unfair play of gender verification and of their exclusion from competition.

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Author:   Max Dohle
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:  

9781476673783


ISBN 10:   1476673780
Pages:   179
Publication Date:   30 September 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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"Table of Contents Preface: The Humiliating Practice of Gender Verification—1 Preliminaries: The ­Man-Woman Athlete in the 1930s; or, Gender Reassignment in ­Pre-War Sport—5 The ­XX-Games: A Short History of Gender Verification—27 Dora Ratjen: ""Da sei etwas nicht in Ordnung""—43 Foekje Dillema: ""They say I'm not a girl""—54 Ewa Klobukowska: One Chromosome Too Many—70 Erika Schinegger: Gender Born or Gender Made?—79 Stella Walsh: The Murder of the Polish Flyer—90 Maria José Martinez Patiño: The First Protest—103 Blackmail and Suicide—112 Sarah Gronert: Tennis Anyone?—126 Caster Semenya and Dutee Chand: Changing the Rules—134 Chapter Notes—157 Bibliography—165 Index—171"

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Max Dohle is a sports historian specializing in gender aspects of elite competition. He lives in The Netherlands.

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