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Materialities of Sex in a Time of HIV - Annette-Carina van der Zaag

Materialities of Sex in a Time of HIV

The Promise of Vaginal Microbicides
Buch | Softcover
208 Seiten
2019
Rowman & Littlefield International (Verlag)
978-1-78348-842-1 (ISBN)
CHF 71,55 inkl. MwSt
Provides a materialist analysis of the field of vaginal microbicides highlighting the problems of materialising the concept of empowerment through biomedical process, while utilising the microbicide as an analytical ally in a provocative debate with contemporary feminist theory on materiality.
Contemporary feminist theory has moved into posthuman terrains as feminist theorists utilise human/nonhuman relations and a motley crew of nonhuman entities to reinvigorate feminist critique of nature/culture dichotomies. But what place is left for sex/gender relations in this move beyond the human?
Materialities of Sex in a Time of HIV is written on the cusp of feminist theory of materiality and the analysis of an object at the heart of various sex/gender manifestations – the vaginal microbicide. Vaginal microbicides are female-initiated HIV prevention methods (currently tested in clinical trials) designed as creams, rings, gels and sponges that women can insert vaginally before having sex to protect themselves against HIV infection. The microbicide is developed as a tool for women's empowerment in the HIV epidemic, but what happens to feminist ideals when they materialise through biomedical practice? This book provides an analysis of the field of microbicide development to articulate the complexity of its promise and material effects; and utilises the microbicide as an analytical ally in a provocative debate with contemporary feminist theory.

Annette-Carina van der Zaag is a lecturer in sexuality and social theory in the Department of Psychosocial Studies at Birkbeck, University of London.

1. Introduction / 2. A Promise of Empowerment / 3. The Feminist Project of Agential Realism / 4. Vaginal Spaces of Biopolitical Conflict / 5. On the Figure and the Real / 6. A Promise of Efficacy / 7. Political Genealogies, Frictional Collectives / 8. A Cyborg Promise? / 9. Conclusion / Glossary / Bibliography / Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 223 mm
Gewicht 327 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie der Neuzeit
Studium Querschnittsbereiche Infektiologie / Immunologie
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Politische Theorie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 1-78348-842-5 / 1783488425
ISBN-13 978-1-78348-842-1 / 9781783488421
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