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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793944703321

Titolo

Bodily interventions and intimate labour : Understanding bioprecarity

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[S.l.] : , : MANCHESTER UNIV PRESS, , 2020

Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2020

©2020

ISBN

1-5261-3858-1

1-5261-3857-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 online resource)

Disciplina

303.483

Soggetti

Biotechnology

Human body and technology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

How have rapid changes in biotechnologisation, for example around assisted reproductive technologies or (re)constructive surgery, effected those seeking help with fertility treatment or clitoral reconstruction? What is involved for queer people in making a family of their own, or for trans people to access the relevant surgery? This volume argues that contemporary cultures foster bioprecarity by categorizing groups of people in certain ways and/or by denying them access to the treatment they seek or need. Drawing on original empirical data with trans and queer people, but also other minoritised and racialized groups, this volume explores how bodily interventions, their regulation, and the intimate labour the interventions involve, create vulnerabilities.