Cleavage: Technology, Controversy and the Ironies of the Man-made Breast

Author:   Nora Jacobson
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
ISBN:  

9780813527154


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   28 February 2000
Format:   Paperback
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Cleavage: Technology, Controversy and the Ironies of the Man-made Breast


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Women's breasts have been idealized as symbols of femininity and motherhood. They have held great social and psychological significance as objects drawing intrusive gazes, and as images of self worth to be measured against an idealized form. It is no wonder, then, that a technology emerged to alter and """"enhance"""" their appearance. Nora Jacobson traces the hundred-year history of one such technology: breast implants. Organized both chronologically and thematically, this book examines the history of breast implant technology from 1895 to 1990, including the controversies that erupted in the early 1990s over the safety of the devices and the Food and Drug Administration's regulation of their use. Jacobson examines such topics as politics and bias in medical practice and the role of bureaucracies, corporations, and governments in establishing policy and regulating implant technology.

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Author:   Nora Jacobson
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
Imprint:   Rutgers University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.40cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.426kg
ISBN:  

9780813527154


ISBN 10:   0813527155
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   28 February 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained

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NORA JACOBSON is a medical sociologist who conducts research on how the social construction of health and illness affects the making of health policy. She lives in Madison, Wisconsin.

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