In this Book
Governing the Female Body: Gender, Health, and Networks of Power
Book
2010
Published by:
State University of New York Press

summary
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.
Table of Contents

Part I: Mediated Self-Health
Part II: Privatization and the Body Proper-ty
Part III: Transnational Body Politics
Part IV: Science, Nature and Gender
ISBN | 9781438429540 |
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DOI | 10.1353/book374![]() |
MARC Record | Download |
OCLC | 587475151 |
Pages | 316 |
Launched on MUSE | 2011-07-21 |
Language | English |
Open Access | No |