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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Roberts, Celia, 1968-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Series:Cambridge studies in society and the life sciences.
Subjects:
Hormones, Sex.
Hormone therapy.
Feminism.
Gonadal Hormones
Hormone Replacement Therapy
Feminism
Gonadal Steroid Hormones
Hormones sexuelles.
Hormonothérapie.
Féminisme.
feminism.
MEDICAL > Reproductive Medicine & Technology.
Hormone therapy
Hormones, Sex
Sexualverhalten
Sexualität
Feminismus
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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