The Hidden Sex: Representations of Intersex People in Circus and Sideshow Novels

N. Frisby
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Despite being the hidden sex in society, intersex people with ambiguous genitalia are visible in a number of circus and sideshow novels. These characters are often used as plot devices, performing a stable gender identity whilst concealing their intersex status for the sake of the plot. They are portrayed as deceptive and licentious, their identities placing them outside of the sex and gender binaries and leaving them dehumanised. It is only in Pantomime by Laura Lam that the possibility of an alternative portrayal is glimpsed, although questions regarding the sex and gender binaries and non-normative sexuality remain.
隐藏的性:马戏与杂耍小说中双性人的表现
尽管阴阳人是社会中隐藏的性别,但在许多马戏团和杂耍小说中,阴阳人的生殖器模糊不清。这些角色经常被用作情节工具,表现出稳定的性别身份,同时为了情节而隐藏自己的双性人身份。他们被描绘成欺骗和放荡,他们的身份将他们置于性别和性别二元之外,使他们失去人性。只有在劳拉·林(Laura Lam)的《哑剧》(Pantomime)中,人们才瞥见了另一种描绘的可能性,尽管关于性别和性别二元以及非规范性性行为的问题仍然存在。
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