About the book
Since the early twentieth century hormones have commonly been understood as messengers of sex . They are seen as essential to the development and functioning of healthy reproductive male and female bodies millions take them as medications in the treatment of fertility infertility and ageing. However in contemporary society hormones are both disturbed and disturbing invading our environments and bodies through plastics food and water environmental estrogens and other chemicals threatening irreversible inter-generational bodily change. Using a wide range of sources from physiology textbooks to popular parenting books and pharmaceutical advertisements Celia Roberts analyses the multiple ways in which sex hormones have come to matter to us today. Bringing feminist theories of the body into dialogue with science and technology studies she develops tools to address one of the most important questions facing feminism today how is biological sex conceivable
Editions of Messengers of Sex
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780521863377
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780521681971
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Since the early twentieth century hormones have commonly been understood as messengers of sex . They are seen as essential to the development and functioning of healthy reproductive male and female bodies millions take them as medications in the treatment of fertility infertility and ageing. However in contemporary society hormones are both disturbed and disturbing invading our environments and bodies through plastics food and water environmental estrogens and other chemicals threatening irreversible inter-generational bodily change. Using a wide range of sources from physiology textbooks to popular parenting books and pharmaceutical advertisements Celia Roberts analyses the multiple ways in which sex hormones have come to matter to us today. Bringing feminist theories of the body into dialogue with science and technology studies she develops tools to address one of the most important questions facing feminism today how is biological sex conceivable
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Messengers of Sex about?
Since the early twentieth century hormones have commonly been understood as messengers of sex . They are seen as essential to the development and functioning of healthy reproductive male and female bodies millions take them as medications in the treatment of fertility infertility and ageing. However in contemporary society hormones are both disturbed and disturbing invading our environments and bodies through plastics food and water environmental estrogens and other chemicals threatening irreversible inter-generational bodily change. Using a wide range of sources from physiology textbooks to popular parenting books and pharmaceutical advertisements Celia Roberts analyses the multiple ways in which sex hormones have come to matter to us today. Bringing feminist theories of the body into dialogue with science and technology studies she develops tools to address one of the most important questions facing feminism today how is biological sex conceivable
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Messengers of Sex?
Society and Social Sciences > Society and culture: general > Social groups, communities and identities > Gender studies, gender groups > Gender studies: women and girls
Where can I read a sample of Messengers of Sex?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780521863377
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Messengers of Sex?
Celia Roberts
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Messengers of Sex is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780521863377) and paperback(ISBN 9780521681971)