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Author:
Takeshita, Chikako, 1963-
Title:
The global biopolitics of the IUD : how science constructs contraceptive users and women's bodies / Chikako Takeshita.
Publisher:
MIT Press,
Copyright Date:
c2012
Description:
xvi, 238 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Intrauterine contraceptives.
Biopolitics.
Women--Political aspects.--Political aspects.
Women--Social aspects.--Social aspects.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-220) and index.
Contents:
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.
Series:
Inside technology
ISBN:
0262016583
9780262016582
OCLC:
(OCoLC)712930950
LCCN:
2011010113
Locations:
PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

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