LEADER 03650nam 2200553 a 450 001 9910484030003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a94-007-7064-2 024 7 $a10.1007/978-94-007-7064-5 035 $a(CKB)2670000000403989 035 $a(EBL)1317771 035 $a(OCoLC)852964325 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000962905 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11573014 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000962905 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10980108 035 $a(PQKB)10586464 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1317771 035 $a(DE-He213)978-94-007-7064-5 035 $a(PPN)172433959 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000403989 100 $a20130528d2014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe machines of sex research $etechnology and the politics of identity, 1945-1985 /$fDonna J. Drucker 205 $a1st ed. 2014. 210 $aNew York $cSpringer$d2014 215 $a1 online resource (104 p.) 225 0 $aSpringerBriefs in history of science and technology,$x2211-4564 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a94-007-7063-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aAcknowledgements -- Chapter 1: The Machines of Sex Research -- Chapter 2: The Penile Strain Gauge and Aversion Therapy: Measuring and Fixing the Sexual Body -- Chapter 3: The Couples Laboratory and the Penis-Camera: Seeking the Source of Orgasm -- Chapter 4: The Vaginal Photoplethysmograph and Devices for Women: Gauging Female Arousal -- Conclusion: The Future of Human Sex Research Technologies. 330 $aThe Machines of Sex Research describes how researchers worldwide integrated technology into studies of human sexuality in the postwar era. The machines they invented made new ways of seeing bodies possible. Some researchers who studied men used machines like penile strain gauges to police ?deviant? male sexuality; others used less painful devices like penis-cameras to study women?s sexual responses and map the physiology of their arousal and orgasm. While researchers used the findings from their technological innovations to propose their own views of how people should view their bodies and should manage their sexual lives, their readers interpreted their findings to enact their own visions of sexuality. Drucker shows how the use of machines in sex research provided some of the intellectual underpinnings of the sexual revolution and the women?s and gay rights movements, and in turn how the sex research community developed new machines for investigations that would enhance sexual happiness rather than constrict it. The Machines of Sex Research is a key read for those interested in the intersections between human sexuality, technology, and twentieth-century social movements. Describes the little-known history of the machines of human sex research in the postwar era Shows how researchers worldwide invented and used machines to study human sexuality and the body in new ways, and how they used and improved each other's designs Relates the relationship between the machines of sex research to Cold War sexualities and gender and sexual liberation movements. 410 0$aSpringerBriefs in History of Science and Technology,$x2211-4564 606 $aSexology$xResearch 615 0$aSexology$xResearch. 676 $a306.7072 700 $aDrucker$b Donna J$01189170 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910484030003321 996 $aThe Machines of Sex Research$92848132 997 $aUNINA