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Memoirs of a Man´s Maiden Years
N. O. Body
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Description for Memoirs of a Man´s Maiden Years
Paperback. The first translation into English of a startling 1907 memoir of a writer who was born a boy, was raised as a girl, and who lived as a man. Who was the real N.O. Body, and why did he go to such lengths to hide not just his name but his Jewish identity? Translator(s): Simon, Deborah. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 198.
"I was born a boy, raised as a girl. . . . One may raise a healthy boy in as womanish a manner as one wishes, and a female creature in as mannish; never will this cause their senses to remain forever reversed."
So writes the pseudonymous N. O. Body, born in 1884 with ambiguous genitalia and assigned a female identity in early infancy. Brought up as a girl, "she" nevertheless asserted stereotypical male behavior from early on. In the end, it was a passionate love affair with a married woman that brought matters to a head. Desperately confused, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812220612
SKU
V9780812220612
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99-12
About N. O. Body
N. O. Body was the pseudonym of Karl M. Baer, the director of the Berlin B'nai B'rith until his emigration from Germany in 1938. He died in Israel in 1956. Sander L. Gilman is Distinguished Professor of the Arts and Sciences at Emory University. He is the author or editor of more than seventy books, including Jewish Self-Hatred and Smoke: ... Read more
Reviews for Memoirs of a Man´s Maiden Years
"This is a very interesting and beautifully written memoir by somebody who would have been called a hermaphrodite in the nineteenth century. The work gives a fascinating picture of the childhood experiences of the anonymous author and is full of sensitive and often moving observations on the plights of sexual ambiguity in childhood. The style, apparently so simple and relatively ... Read more