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Rouffaer, Puck (2024)

Tussen bevrijding en sociale controle in de seksuologische praktijk: Coen van Emde Boas' benadering van homoseksualiteit en 'transsexisme', 1950-1980

Research master thesis | History (research) (MA)

This thesis investigates the ways in which the Dutch sexologist and psychoanalyst Coen van Emde Boas (1904-1981) approached issues of homosexuality and 'transsexism' in medical theory and in psychiatric practice. It explores the ways in which Van Emde Boas not only described but actively shaped Dutch sexual and gender norms between 1950 and 1980. In doing so, this thesis attempts to give insight into the complex and contradictory ways in which the position and authority of psychiatrists in the sexual domain changed during these decades.

Sexology

Psychiatry

Dutch History

Psychoanalysis

LGBTQ+ history

History of sexuality

Transgender history

Medical history

Author

Rouffaer, Puck

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Politics, culture and national identities, 1789 to the present

Supervisors

Dr. M.J. Janse
Dr. A.D.J. Shield

ECTS Credits

30

Language

nl