Emilia Sanabria, Plastic Bodies. Sex Hormones and Menstrual Suppression in Brazil

Abstract

Plastic bodies -- Managing the inside, out: menstrual blood and bodily dys-appearance -- Is menstruation natural?: contemporary rationales of menstrual management -- Sexing hormones -- Hormonal biopolitics: from population control to self-control -- Sex hormones: making drugs, forging efficacies -- Limits that do not foreclose.