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LEADER: 02632cam a2200337 a 4500
001 4064127
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008 940225s1994 nyua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 94004945
020 $a041509190X :$c$69.95
020 $a0415091918 (pbk.)
035 $a(OCoLC)30025936
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm30025936
035 $9ART2571HS
035 $a(NNC)4064127
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050 00 $aQP572.S4$bO83 1994
082 00 $a612.6$220
100 1 $aOudshoorn, Nelly,$d1950-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94019008
245 10 $aBeyond the natural body :$ban archaeology of sex hormones /$cNelly Oudshoorn.
260 $aNew York ;$aLondon :$bRoutledge,$c1994.
300 $axi, 195 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [174]-188) and index.
505 0 $a1. Introduction. Under the spell of the body. Sex and the body. The making of the hormonal body -- 2. The birth of sex hormones. How the concept of sex hormones originated. The emergence of sex endocrinology. Sex hormones as dualistic agents of sex. Sex-specific origin. Source and identity of "heterosexual hormones" The function of hormones. Terminology and classification. On masculine women and feminine men -- 3. The measuring of sex hormones. Tests for female sex hormones. Tests for male sex hormones. Disciplinary styles and instrumental incentives. The impact of laboratory tests on medical practice. Redefining masculinity and femininity -- 4. The making of sex hormones. Gaining access to research materials. Dutch sex endocrinology. Networks between laboratory scientists and pharmaceutical companies. The quest for ovaries and female urine. The quest for testes and male urine. Research materials as carriers of knowledge claims -- 5. The marketing of sex hormones. Organon: a science-based company.
505 8 $aThe promotion of female sex hormones. The promotion of male sex hormones. Cracks in the scientific and therapeutic program -- 6. The transformation of sex hormones into the pill. Birth control: from taboo to technology. Testing in disguise. An island laboratory. Representing women as menstrual cycles. The continuous testing of the pill -- 7. The power of structures that already exist. Making the body natural. The transformative power of sex hormones. The mixed blessings of sex hormones.
650 0 $aHormones, Sex$xResearch$xHistory$y20th century.
650 12 $aGonadal Steroid Hormones$xhistory$y20th Century.
852 00 $boff,hsl$hQP572.S4$iO83 1994