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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457273603321

Autore

Takeshita Chikako <1963->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2012

ISBN

0-262-29756-6

1-283-32173-4

9786613321732

0-262-29845-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 238 p.) : ill

Collana

Inside technology

Disciplina

618.1/852

Soggetti

Intrauterine contraceptives

Biopolitics

Women - Health and hygiene - Political aspects

Women - Health and hygiene - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

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