Chikako Takeshita
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- August 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780262016582
- eISBN:
- 9780262298452
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262016582.003.0103
- Subject:
- Biology, Bioethics
This chapter describes how side effects of a hormone-releasing intrauterine device (IUD) created a unique product, Mirena. It specifically analyzes the making of Mirena, while revealing the ...
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This chapter describes how side effects of a hormone-releasing intrauterine device (IUD) created a unique product, Mirena. It specifically analyzes the making of Mirena, while revealing the behind-the-scenes aspects of this now increasingly popular contraceptive method and reconstructs the historical paths that produced this device. This chapter provides further insight into how governance over women’s bodies is delicately differentiated at intersections of race and class. It also reveals how various body/technology pairings were configured, creating a network of connections that reflect the racialized global context within which technoscientific interventions in women’s bodies are imagined.Less
This chapter describes how side effects of a hormone-releasing intrauterine device (IUD) created a unique product, Mirena. It specifically analyzes the making of Mirena, while revealing the behind-the-scenes aspects of this now increasingly popular contraceptive method and reconstructs the historical paths that produced this device. This chapter provides further insight into how governance over women’s bodies is delicately differentiated at intersections of race and class. It also reveals how various body/technology pairings were configured, creating a network of connections that reflect the racialized global context within which technoscientific interventions in women’s bodies are imagined.
