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Messengers of sex : hormones, biomedicine, and feminism /
Since the early 20th century, hormones have commonly been understood as 'messengers of sex'. They are seen as essential to the development & functioning of healthy reproductive male & female bodies. In this book, Celia Roberts analyses the multiple ways in which sex hormones have c...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2007.
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies in society and the life sciences.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: Feminism, bodies and biological sex; Part I. Hormone Histories: 1. Folding hormonal histories of sex; Part II. Hormonal Bodies: 2. Articulating endocrinology's body; 3. Activating sexed behaviours; Part III. Hormone Cultures: 4. Elixirs of sex: hormone-replacement therapies and contemporary life; 5. The messaging effects of HRT; 6. Hormones in the world; Conclusion: Hormones as provocation.