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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.