Books by Nelly Oudshoorn

In this unique and timely book, Nelly Oudshoorn argues that any discourse or policy assuming a passive role for people living with these implants silences the fact that keeping cyborg bodies alive involves their active engagement.

Unravels the social and cultural work involved in developing contraceptives for men and explains how technologies that conflict with hegemonic masculinity have a hard time coming into existence. This work also documents how the World Health Organization took the lead in investigating male contraceptives by coordinating worldwide research network.

The hormonally-constructed body has become such a dominant way of conceptualizing bodies that it is often assumed to be a natural phenomenon. This book traces the scientific development of the hormonal body concept and examines the mass production of hormones as drugs, including the pill.