Materialities of Sex in a Time of HIV: The Promise of Vaginal Microbicides (Critical Perspectives on Theory)

Annette-Carina Van Der Zaag

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Publication Date: March 4th, 2019

Publisher:

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN:

9781783488421

Pages:

208

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Description

Provides a materialist analysis of the field of vaginal microbicides highlighting the problems of materialising the concept of empowerment through biomedical process, while utilising the microbicide as an analytical ally in a provocative debate with contemporary feminist theory on materiality.

About the Author

Annette-Carina van der Zaag is a lecturer in sexuality and social theory in the Department of Psychosocial Studies at Birkbeck, University of London.

Materialities of Sex in a Time of HIV: The Promise of Vaginal Microbicides (Critical Perspectives on Theory)

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About the Author

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