The global biopolitics of the IUD : how science constructs contraceptive users and women's bodies

The global biopolitics of the IUD : how science constructs contraceptive users and women's bodies / Chikako Takeshita.

This is a biography of a multifaceted technological object, the IUD. The book illuminates how political contexts shaped contraceptive development, marketing, use, and users.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Takeshita, Chikako, 1963-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2012.
Series:	Inside technology.
Subjects:	Intrauterine contraceptives. Biopolitics. Women > Health and hygiene > Political aspects. Women > Health and hygiene > Social aspects. Politics, Practical. politics. HEALTH & FITNESS > Women's Health. MEDICAL > Reproductive Medicine & Technology. MEDICAL > History. Politics, Practical Biopolitics Intrauterine contraceptives Women > Health and hygiene > Political aspects Women > Health and hygiene > Social aspects
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Table of 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.