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Governing the Female Body: Gender, Health, and Networks of Power - Softcover

 
9781438429526: Governing the Female Body: Gender, Health, and Networks of Power
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1438429525 ISBN 13: 9781438429526
Publisher: State University of New York Press, 2010

Synopsis

A feminist and Foucauldian analysis of a variety of emerging gendered discourses.

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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About the Author

Paula Saukko is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Loughborough University and the author of Doing Research in Cultural Studies: An Introduction to Classical and New Methodological Approaches.

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Publisher
State University of New York Press
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1438429525
ISBN 13 
9781438429526
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
316
Editor
Reed Lori, Saukko Dr Paula