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
Autor principal: Takeshita, Chikako, 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Women > Health and hygiene > Social aspects.
Women > Health and hygiene > Political aspects.
Intrauterine contraceptives.
Biopolitics.
Politics, Practical.
MEDICAL > History.
MEDICAL > Reproductive Medicine & Technology.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Women's Health.
politics.
Politique.
Biopolitique.
Dispositifs intra-uterins.
Politics
Intrauterine Devices
Electronic books.
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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