Book ID: CBB748910293

Risky Bodies & Techno-Intimacy: Reflections on Sexuality, Media, Science, Finance (2017)

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Geeta Patel (Author)


University of Washington Press


Publication Date: 2017
Physical Details: 389 pages
Language: English

Risky Bodies and Techno-Intimacy traverses disparate and uncommon routes to explore how people grapple with the radical uncertainties of their lives. In this edgy, evocative journey through myriad interleaved engagements�including the political economies of cinema; the emergent shapes taken by insurance, debt, and mortgages; gender and sexuality; and domesticity and nationalism�Geeta Patel demonstrates how science and technology ground our everyday intimacies. The result is a deeply poetic and philosophical exploration of the intricacies of techno-intimacy, revealing a complicated and absorbing narrative that challenges assumptions underlying our daily living.

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Authors & Contributors
Carlo Gelmetti
Sharman Levinson
Marie Walin
Rostagno, Antonio
Tanya Cheadle
Waidzunas, Tom
Concepts
Sexual behavior
Sexuality
Medicine
Sexually transmitted diseases
Sexual hygiene
Homosexuality
Time Periods
20th century, late
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
Early modern
18th century
Places
Italy
United States
New Spain
England
Scotland
Spain
Institutions
Collège de France, Paris
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