Beyond the Natural Body (häftad)
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Format
Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
208
Utgivningsdatum
1994-10-20
Förlag
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dimensioner
235 x 157 x 12 mm
Vikt
300 g
ISBN
9780415091916

Beyond the Natural Body

An Archaeology of Sex Hormones

Häftad,  Engelska, 1994-10-20
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It is now impossible to imagine a world without sex hormones. Women all over the world take hormonal pills to control their fertility and estrogen and progesterone have become the most widely used drugs in the history of medicine. But why has the female rather than the male body become increasingly subjected to hormonal treatment? Nelly Oudshoorn challenges the idea that there exists such a thing as a natural body and shows how concepts such as the hormonal body assume the appearance of natural phenomena by virtue of the activities of scientists, rather than being rooted in nature. Beyond the Natural Body tells the fascinating story of scientists' search for the ovaries, testes and urine required to develop the hormonal concept; investigating how sex hormones have shaped our understanding of sex and the body, transforming science and medicine and ultimately redefining the relationship of women to reproduction. Nelly Oudshoorn concludes by evaluating the mixed blessings of the hormonal revolution.

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Nelly Oudshoorn is Assistant Professor in the Department of Science and Technology Dynamics at the University of Amsterdam.