The male pill : a biography of a technology in the making / Nelly Oudshoorn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oudshoorn, Nelly, 1950-

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oral contraceptives, Male--Social aspects.

Oral contraceptives, Male.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The technology has been there for over 20 years: how come there is still no male pill on the market?

Contents:

pt. 1. Overcoming resistance : constructing alternative sociotechnical networks

1. Designing technology and masculinity

2. How man came to be included in the contraceptive research agenda

3. Creating a worldwide laboratory for synthesizing hormonal contraceptive compounds

4. The inaccessible man : the quest for male trial participants and test locations

5. The co-construction of technologies and risks

pt. 2. Configuring the user : articulating and performing masculinities

6. The politics of language : changing family planning discourse to include men

7. Making room for men : configuring men as clients of family planning clinics

8. "The first man on the pill" : disciplining men as reliable test subjects

9. On masculinities, technologies, and pain : the testing of male contraceptives in the clinic and the media

10. Articulating acceptability

11. Technologies of trust.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-292) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-92094-4

9786612920943

0-8223-8522-8

OCLC:

850218949