The global biopolitics of the IUD : how science constructs contraceptive users and women's bodies /

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This is a biography of a multifaceted technological object, the IUD. The book illuminates how political contexts shaped contraceptive development, marketing, use, and users.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Takeshita, Chikako, 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2012.
Colección:Inside technology.
Temas:
Intrauterine contraceptives.
Biopolitics.
Women > Health and hygiene > Political aspects.
Women > Health and hygiene > Social aspects.
Politics, Practical.
Intrauterine Devices
Politics
Dispositifs intra-utérins.
Biopolitique.
Politique.
politics.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Women's Health.
MEDICAL > Reproductive Medicine & Technology.
MEDICAL > History.
Politics, Practical
Biopolitics
Intrauterine contraceptives
Women > Health and hygiene > Political aspects
Women > Health and hygiene > Social aspects
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General
BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES/General
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Turning the gaze on modern contraceptive research : an introduction
  • Birth control for a nation : the IUD as technoscientific biopower
  • From the masses to the moms : governing contraceptive risks
  • IUDs are not abortifacients : the biopolitics of contraceptive mechanisms
  • Keep life simple : body/technology relationships in racialized global contexts
  • Diffracting the technoscientific body : a conclusion.

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