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Plastic Bodies : Sex Hormones and Menstrual Suppression in Brazil /

In Plastic Bodies Emilia Sanabria examines how women's use of sex hormones in Bahia, Brazil for menstrual suppression shapes social relations, having become central to contemporary understandings of the body, class, gender, sex, personhood, modernity, and Brazilian national identity.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Sanabria, Emilia, 1979- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2016.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:In Plastic Bodies Emilia Sanabria examines how women's use of sex hormones in Bahia, Brazil for menstrual suppression shapes social relations, having become central to contemporary understandings of the body, class, gender, sex, personhood, modernity, and Brazilian national identity.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (264 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780822374190