Name: One of Us
ISBN: 9780674018259

Alice Domurat Dreger

One of Us views conjoined twinning and other "abnormalities" from the point of view of people living with such anatomies, and considers these issues within the larger historical context of anatomical politics. This deeply thought-provoking and compassionate work exposes the extent of the social frame upon which we construct the "normal."

Conjoined Twins and the Future of Normal

One of Us

American Historian of Medicine and Science and an Award-Winning Writer Alice Domurat Dreger

Must children born with socially challenging anatomies have their bodies changed because others cannot be expected to change their minds? One of Us views conjoined twinning and other "abnormalities" from the point of view of people living with such anatomies, and considers these issues within the larger historical context of anatomical politics. Anatomy matters, Alice Domurat Dreger tells us, because the senses we possess, the muscles we control, and the resources we require to keep our bodies alive limit and guide what we experience in any given context. Her deeply thought-provoking and compassionate work exposes the breadth and depth of that context--the extent of the social frame upon which we construct the "normal." In doing so, the book calls into question assumptions about anatomy and normality, and transforms our understanding of how we are all intricately and inextricably joined.

Flavia Louise

I've been interested in this book for well over 5 years and though it is interesting and features a lot of information about intersex individuals as well as conjoined twins I ultimatively felt like it was just too surface-level. It is also quite outdated in its understanding of gender.

One of Us Conjoined Twins and the Future of Normal

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