Thesis (Ph. D.--Music)--University of California, San Diego, 1998. / Vita. Libretto by the composer, based on Michel Foucault's edition of Hercule Barbin's memoir, published as Heculine Barbin, being the recently discovered memoirs of a Ninetheenth-Century hermaphrodite, using texts from Foucault's introduction as well as the memoir. Includes performance instructions, synopsis, and analysis preceding score.