Turning the gaze on modern contraceptive research : an introduction -- Birth control for a nation : the IUD as technoscientific biopower -- From the masses to the moms : governing contraceptive risks -- IUDs are not abortifacients : the biopolitics of contraceptive mechanisms -- Keep life simple : body/technology relationships in racialized global contexts -- Diffracting the technoscientific body : a conclusion
Summary
This is a biography of a multifaceted technological object, the IUD. The book illuminates how political contexts shaped contraceptive development, marketing, use, and users
