Herculine Barbin, dite Alexina B

This book presents the rediscovered memoirs of Herculine Barbin, an intersex person raised as a girl in 19th-century France. Herculine's personal account details the challenges and societal pressures faced due to her ambiguous sex, culminating in a legal reclassification as male. The narrative offers a rare glimpse into the lived experience of intersexuality during a period of rigid gender norms, accompanied by Michel Foucault's insightful commentary on the historical construction of sexuality and identity.