A feminist and Foucauldian analysis of a variety of emerging gendered discourses.
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"The essays in this collection argue for a richer understanding of personal choice and clearly point to the ways women's choices and understandings of body and `self' are mitigated by social forces. This is an important work for scholars of women's studies and science and technology studies." --April Herndon, Winona State University
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Drawing on Foucault's notion of governmentality, this collection explores relations between the intimate governance of bodies and political governance. The contributors offer empirically grounded yet theoretically sophisticated case studies showing how gendered, racialized, and socioeconomic agendas structure medical and scientific practices. Developing and utilizing a poststructuralist feminist framework, the chapters investigate emerging gendered discourses and practices around health, such as breast cancer charities, lifestyle genetic testing, new reproductive technologies, and the development and marketing of various psychotropic and hormonal drugs. This will be a key reader for anyone interested in the social implications of cutting-edge medical technologies.
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