%0 Journal Article
%T Le comte qui ¨¦tait comtesse : un cas de gynandrie au tribunal de Vienne (1890) The Count who was a Countess: a Case of Gynandry in the Court of Vienna (1890)
%A Patrick Pognant
%J Droit et Cultures
%D 2011
%I L¡¯Harmattan
%X Il s¡¯agit d¡¯une des premi¨¨res expertises aupr¨¨s des tribunaux de la Cour imp¨¦riale conduite par Krafft-Ebing alors qu¡¯il venait d¡¯¨ºtre nomm¨¦ professeur de psychiatrie ¨¤ Vienne. Il eut ¨¤ mener cette expertise dans une affaire de m urs ¨¤ propos d¡¯une jeune comtesse hongroise qui, selon lui, souffrait de gynandrie, ce qui l¡¯aurait conduite ¨¤ convoler en noces ill¨¦gitimes avec une jeune fille en escroquant au passage son   beau-p¨¨re  . Il sera notamment int¨¦ressant de voir comment Krafft-Ebing a orient¨¦ son expertise pour la faire co ncider avec la th¨¦orie qu¡¯il avait ¨¦labor¨¦e ¨¤ propos des psychopathies sexuelles (et notamment les degr¨¦s de l¡¯homosexualit¨¦) et comment il obtint l¡¯acquittement de la jeune femme qui, d¡¯ailleurs, passa le reste de sa vie dans la peau (et le pantalon) d¡¯un homme en se faisant appeler M. le Comte¡­ This article is about one of the first expert testimonies presented to the tribunals of the imperial Court, conducted by Krafft-Ebing when he had just been named professor of psychiatry at Vienna. He was called in on a case involving a young Hungarian countess ¨C in his view, suffering from gynandrism ¨C charged with illegitimate marriage to a young woman and knowingly misrepresenting herself to her ¡°father-in-law¡± in the process.  Of particular interest is the way Krafft-Ebing oriented his testimony, aligning it with the theory he had previously elaborated regarding sexual psychopathies (notably degrees of homosexuality). Of interest, too, is his role in the acquittal of the countess, who spent the rest of her life as a man (in body and dress), identifying himself as Monsieur le Comte¡­
%K Krafft-Ebing (Richard von)
%K expertise psychiatrique
%K gynandrie
%K insanit¨¦ morale
%K homosexualit¨¦ f¨¦minine
%K Vay (Sarolta)
%K Psychiatric Testimony
%K Gynandrism
%K Moral Insanity
%K Feminine Homosexuality
%U http://droitcultures.revues.org/2312