Article ID: CBB378476460

On the Cover: Speculations with Vaginal Specula (2023)

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Close analysis of an image coupled with documents and material culture draws attention to complex connections between political ideas and material realities. Zoltan Kluger's 1940 photograph of a woman manufacturing cow vaginal specula was framed by the campaign for Zionist settlement. The essay explains how relationships between people, animals, and technologies were formed and displayed in the context of settler colonialism in Palestine.

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Authors & Contributors
Theunissen, Bert
Derry, Margaret Elsinor
Grasseni, Cristina
Novick, Tamar
Karl Bruno
Arnold, David
Journals
Agricultural History
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Technology and Culture
Economic History Review
History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences
History and Technology
Publishers
Harvard University
Yale University
The MIT Press
University of Minnesota Press
Concepts
Cattle
Breeding
Agriculture
Animals
Reproductive technologies
Dairy industry
People
Spallanzani, Lazzaro
Byrd, Richard Evelyn (1888-1957)
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century
20th century, late
18th century
21st century
Places
United States
Netherlands
Great Britain
Italy
Sweden
India
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